Parish Lock Up 2 Metres South East of Drury's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Brentwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1994. Lock-up.
Parish Lock Up 2 Metres South East of Drury's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- twisted-sill-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brentwood
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1994
- Type
- Lock-up
- OS grid reference
- TQ 628 974
- Coordinates
- 51.65238, 0.35283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The parish lock-up, located 2 metres south-east of Drury's Farmhouse in Mountnessing, dates from the early 19th century. It is a timber-framed structure clad with horizontal oak boards and features a roof that is partly covered with corrugated iron and partly with old doors. The building has a rectangular plan oriented northeast to southwest and is divided into two cells.
The southwest cell has a door that is complete with two hasped long hinges that engage with staples on the frame. The northeast cell has a similar door, but it features one original hinge and one replaced hinge. There is a small rectangular opening with an iron grill on the southeast side and a similar blocked opening on the northwest side. The northwest pitch of the roof is clad with corrugated iron, while the southeast pitch is covered with old doors. The oak frame is secured with rebated horizontal oak boards and large handmade nails.
Although in a neglected condition, this lock-up retains more of its original structure and features than other parish lock-ups that have been listed for many years, such as those in Tollesbury and Great Bardfield, Essex.
Local climate
Parish Lock Up 2 Metres South East of Drury's Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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