Pound Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Pound Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- far-bastion-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Pound Farmhouse, Main Road, Rettendon, CM3 8DY
- OS grid reference
- TQ 764 980
- Coordinates
- 51.65366, 0.54961
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pound Farmhouse is a timber-framed house that dates back to the 16th century and features a cross wing at the north end. The building has been altered over time and stands two storeys high. It has casement windows, and the east end of the cross wing jetties out on the upper storey. The roof is tiled and includes a cruciform red brick chimney stack, which originally had diagonal shafts.
Local climate
Pound 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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