Olspar is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House.
Olspar
- WRENN ID
- odd-brick-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Olspar, 27, Maldon Road, Great Baddow
- OS grid reference
- TL 729 051
- Coordinates
- 51.71838, 0.50209
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Olspar, located at No 27 on Maldon Road in Great Baddow, is a building dating from the 18th century or early 19th century, featuring a plastered front that conceals a late 14th century first-floor hall. The structure is timber-framed and includes a 16th century addition on the east end, as well as a 17th century addition at the rear. The first storey jetties out at the front. The building is two storeys high with a two-window range, showcasing double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. The ground storey features two shallow splayed bays and a six-panel door with an architrave. The roof is tiled. Inside, the building has fine moulded ceiling beams. The roof structure includes a cambered tie beam and a crown post with a moulded base and capital. Olspar is part of a group with Nos 27 to 31.
Local climate
Olspar 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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