Martin's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. House.
Martin's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- wild-terrace-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Martin's Farmhouse, Margetting Tye, Margaretting
- OS grid reference
- TL 684 012
- Coordinates
- 51.68519, 0.43523
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Martin's Farmhouse is a timber-framed and plastered house originating from the 17th century, featuring a cross wing at the east end. The main block has undergone significant alterations. The cross wing is two storeys tall, while the main block is one storey with attics. The windows include double-hung sash windows, some with glazing bars on the cross wing, and casements on the main block. The roof is tiled, with a 20th-century gabled dormer window on the main block and a hipped roof on the cross wing.
Local climate
Martin's 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 90% 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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