Willow Farmhouse, Formerly Shelley's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Farmhouse.
Willow Farmhouse, Formerly Shelley's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- south-basalt-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Willow Farmhouse, Formerly Shelley's Farmhouse, Sible Hedingham
- OS grid reference
- TL 745 339
- Coordinates
- 51.97681, 0.53996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Willow Farmhouse, formerly known as Shelley's Farmhouse, is a house that dates back to the 16th century or earlier. It features a timber frame with parget plastering and has a red plain tiled roof. The building includes a central red brick chimney stack. To the right, there is a single storey range, while the left side has a two storey gabled crosswing. The windows are arranged in a 1:2 pattern and consist of small paned vertical and horizontal sliding sashes. There is a vertically boarded door to the right, which is accessed by steps.
Local climate
Willow Farmhouse, Formerly Shelley's Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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