The Poplars is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Poplars
- WRENN ID
- ancient-oriel-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Poplars, Penny Royal Road, Danbury, CM3 4ED
- OS grid reference
- TL 778 046
- Coordinates
- 51.7128, 0.57311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poplars is the remaining wing of a 16th-century timber-framed and plastered house known as Poplar Farmhouse, with a 20th-century addition at the rear. The building has two storeys, and the upper storey jetties out at the front. The windows are early 19th-century cast iron latticed casements. Inside, there is exposed timber-framing, some of which originally formed an external wall with a jetty. Notably, there is a 16th-century doorway featuring a four-centred head. The roof is tiled.
Local climate
The Poplars sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 1 transaction since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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