Ropers Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1967. House. 2 related planning applications.
Ropers Hall
- WRENN ID
- empty-nave-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ropers Hall, 9, Lodge Road, Writtle, CM1 3HY
- OS grid reference
- TL 678 061
- Coordinates
- 51.72928, 0.42928
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ropers Hall is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered house that has undergone alterations and additions in the 18th century and later, with 20th-century renovations. It is two storeys high. The south-east front has a two-window range, featuring double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. A central six-panel door, with the upper panels glazed, is set within a doorcase with pilasters and a cornice. The north-east front features casement windows with leaded lights. A projecting central section has a bay window on the ground storey. The roof is tiled and hipped. The house forms a group with Nos. 9 and 12 and Nos. 1 to 3 (consec.) in Romans Place.
Local climate
Ropers Hall 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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