Horsefrith Park Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1967. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.

Horsefrith Park Farmhouse

WRENN ID
under-string-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1967
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Horsefrith Park Farmhouse, Highwood, CM4 0LR
OS grid reference
TL 618 046
Coordinates
51.71678, 0.34211
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Horsefrith Park Farmhouse is a timber-framed and plastered house originating from the 17th century, which has undergone significant alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries and was renovated in the 20th century. The south front is faced in red brick and features three crow-stepped gables. The building is three storeys high with a three-window range. The ground and first storey windows are paired double-hung sashes with margin glazing bars, while the second storey windows are double-hung sashes with vertical glazing bars. All windows have stuccoed flat arches with keystones. The north front also has three gables, with windows that are partly double-hung sashes with glazing bars and partly casements; the central gable features a large semi-circular headed window. The roof is tiled.

Local climate

Horsefrith Park Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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