De Beauvoir Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House.

De Beauvoir Farmhouse

WRENN ID
gilded-cinder-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
House
Address
De Beauvoir Farmhouse, De Beauvoir Chase, Downham, South Hanningfield, CM11 1PR
OS grid reference
TQ 723 952
Coordinates
51.62985, 0.48943
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

De Beauvoir Farmhouse is a mid-18th century red brick house. It has two storeys and attics, featuring a three-window range with double-hung sashes that have glazing bars, all set in painted reveals. The house has a central brick gabled porch. The roof is tiled and double-pitched, with stopped gables and two later gabled dormers.

Local climate

De Beauvoir Farmhouse 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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