321, Main Road is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. House. 5 related planning applications.

321, Main Road

WRENN ID
eastward-slate-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 December 1952
Type
House
Address
321, Main Road, Broomfield, CM1 7AX
OS grid reference
TL 706 105
Coordinates
51.76773, 0.47195
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

No 321 is an 18th century timber-framed and plastered house located on Main Road in Broomfield. The building has two storeys and attics, featuring a two-window range with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars. A central doorway is topped by a gabled porch, which dates from the 19th or 20th century. The roof is tiled and has a moulded wood eaves cornice, along with a central chimney stack that includes a pilaster strip. This property is part of a group that includes Nos 305 to 309 (odd), The Old Bakehouse, and Nos 315 and 321.

Local climate

321, Main Road 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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