1 and 2 The Bishops is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House. 1 related planning application.
1 and 2 The Bishops
- WRENN ID
- vast-lancet-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1 and 2 The Bishops, the Street, Roxwell, CM1 4PA
- OS grid reference
- TL 646 085
- Coordinates
- 51.75132, 0.3836
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
An 18th century timber-framed house, now rendered in cement, located on The Street in Roxwell. The house is two storeys high and has a two-window front. It features 20th century casement windows with leaded lights and two 20th century front doors. A central diamond-shaped panel displays the date 1796. The roof is tiled and hipped, with a large central chimney stack. The Bishops is part of a group of buildings that includes Cherry Tree Cottages, The Ferns, The Chequers Inn, Broadgates, The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Cottage End, Burrells Cottage and Rose Cottage, Tighshee and Willow Cottage.
Local climate
1 and 2 The Bishops sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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