Crosswoods is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Hall house. 1 related planning application.
Crosswoods
- WRENN ID
- seventh-kitchen-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Hall house
- Address
- Crosswoods, Rolphy Green, Pleshey, CM3 1JQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 672 155
- Coordinates
- 51.81373, 0.42448
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Crosswoods is a 15th-century hall house featuring cross wings at both the north and south ends. The building has undergone significant alterations, with the south wing being rebuilt in the 20th century, which included the addition of a balcony above the doorway. The north end has been restored and now showcases exposed timber-framing. The house is two storeys high and has casement windows with leaded lights. The roof is tiled, featuring one gabled dormer on the east side and two on the west side (rear). Inside, the first storey displays exposed ceiling beams.
Local climate
Crosswoods 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
- 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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