Oak Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

Oak Farmhouse

WRENN ID
standing-string-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1984
Type
House
Address
Oak Farmhouse, Oak Road, Pebmarsh, C09 2QD
OS grid reference
TL 847 339
Coordinates
51.97312, 0.68879
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Oak Farmhouse is a house that dates from the early 17th century or earlier, with alterations made in the 19th century. It features a timber-framed structure that is plastered, and it has a thatched roof. The house has three bays facing south and includes an external stack on the left end, which is enclosed by a small 19th-century extension. There is a two-storey lean-to extension along the entire length of the rear, which has one internal stack and a slate roof, also from the 19th century.

The front has a two-window range of 19th-century sashes with marginal lights, and there is a central thatched porch that was completely covered in creeper at the time of the survey. The grouped diagonal shafts are a notable feature. The left return wall is faced with red brick in Flemish bond up to the eaves level. On the rear wall, there are two 19th-century horizontally sliding sashes with 18 lights, and on the first floor, there is one three-light window with an incomplete wrought iron casement and rectangular leaded glass. An inspection of the interior was refused in June 1984.

Local climate

Oak Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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