Chadwicks Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. A C16 Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Chadwicks Farmhouse

WRENN ID
narrow-beam-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Chadwicks Farmhouse, School Lane, Great and Little Leighs, CM3 1NL
OS grid reference
TL 725 175
Coordinates
51.82975, 0.50298
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Chadwicks Farmhouse is a 16th-century moated house, with part of the moat still remaining. The building features a timber-framed and plastered structure that has been significantly altered externally, with modern additions. It has 20th-century casement windows and an old tiled roof. Inside, the farmhouse showcases well-preserved exposed timber-framing, ceiling beams, and joists.

Local climate

Chadwicks 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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