Old Priests House is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1967. Cottage.
Old Priests House
- WRENN ID
- final-joist-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1967
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Priests House, the Village, Great Waltham, CM3 1DE
- OS grid reference
- TL 695 134
- Coordinates
- 51.79368, 0.45722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Priests House is a 16th-century cottage that features timber framing and plastering, with a cross wing at the west end. The upper storey juts out on the north side of the cross wing. The building has two storeys and is fitted with casement windows. The roof is tiled and includes a large rectangular central chimney stack, which has a 17th-century moulded base and has been rebuilt above. This cottage is part of a group of listed buildings in The Village, which includes Dweina No 1, Elm Cot, Lime Tree Cottage, and Almshouses, all of local interest.
Local climate
Old Priests House 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- No related consent applications matched
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