Game Larder at Great Ropers is a Grade II listed building in the Brentwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1958. Game larder.

Game Larder at Great Ropers

WRENN ID
lapsed-zinc-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brentwood
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 October 1958
Type
Game larder
Address
Game Larder at Great Ropers, Great Ropers Lane
OS grid reference
TQ 585 915
Coordinates
51.60032, 0.28857
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The game larder at Great Ropers is an octagonal structure built in the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with a plinth and features a slate roof. The larder is located one metre from the northeast corner of the main house. It has windows and a doorway positioned on alternate faces, with the windows being segment-headed and filled with gauze. Inside, shelving remains in place. This game larder is part of a group with the main building, Great Ropers.

Local climate

Game Larder at Great Ropers sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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