The Leets is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1967. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.
The Leets
- WRENN ID
- distant-vault-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Leets, 3, the Green, Writtle, CM1 3DT
- OS grid reference
- TL 678 062
- Coordinates
- 51.73005, 0.42921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Leets is a building with a frontage dating from the 18th century or early 19th century, likely built over an earlier timber-framed and plastered house. The upper part of the structure is plastered, while the lower part features weatherboarding. It was renovated in the 20th century and stands two storeys tall.
The house is divided into two sections. The western part has four windows, featuring double-hung sashes; the ground floor windows have glazing bars, while the first-floor windows are three-light with single vertical glazing bars. The ground floor includes a canted bay at the eastern end, a six-panel door with a small fanlight, deep panelled reveals, and a doorcase adorned with fluted pilasters and a pediment.
The eastern part has three windows on the north front and five on the west front, also with double-hung sashes and glazing bars. The ground floor here features two canted bays and a central six-panel door with a cornice hood supported by brackets on the north front. On the west front, there is a doorway with a semi-circular fanlight, pilasters, and an open pediment on brackets. The roof is tiled, with the western part having a lower eaves level and a hipped end.
The listed buildings surrounding The Green form a cohesive group, with Nos 8, 10, 38, 52, and 25 being of local interest.
Local climate
The Leets 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 90% 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 — 3 transactions since 2017
- 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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