Bowers Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House. 4 related planning applications.
Bowers Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- ghost-balcony-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bowers Farmhouse, Bowers Farm, Lupin Mews, Springfield, CM1 6FY
- OS grid reference
- TL 726 087
- Coordinates
- 51.75079, 0.5
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bowers Farmhouse is a timber-framed and plastered house dating to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 18th century and later. It is two storeys high and has a four-window front. The windows are 20th-century casements. A 20th-century door and porch have been added. The roof is tiled, with hipped ends to the east and west.
The interior retains exposed timber framing, ceiling beams, and joists. One beam is carved with a Tudor Rose.
Local climate
Bowers 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 86% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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