Thorley's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Thorley's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- half-tin-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Thorley's Farmhouse, Main Road, Little Waltham, CM3 3PF
- OS grid reference
- TL 707 117
- Coordinates
- 51.77793, 0.47369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thorley's Farmhouse is a 15th century timber-framed and plastered hall house located on Little Watham Main Road. Originally, it featured cross wings at both the north and south ends, but the north cross wing has been demolished. The farmhouse has undergone alterations and extensions from the 16th century to the south wing, as well as 17th century changes to the main block. Additional alterations occurred in the 19th century and later. The building stands two storeys high and has casement windows with glazing bars. The roof is tiled and features a central chimney stack dating from around 1600, which has attached diagonal pilaster shafts. Thorley's Farmhouse is part of a group that includes Glenmore, Thorley's Cottage, Laburnum Cottage, Off Licence Store, Rumymede Cottage, Runnyrede Foxes, and Maltings.
Local climate
Thorley's Farmhouse 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
- 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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