St John's House is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1969. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.
St John's House
- WRENN ID
- peeling-flue-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1969
- Type
- House
- Address
- St John's House, 5, St John's Green, Writtle, CM1 3DZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 679 064
- Coordinates
- 51.73153, 0.43058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St John's House is an 18th-century red brick house located on the west side of Writtle St John's Green. The building has two storeys and attics, featuring a three-window range with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars set in plain reveals. The central window is distinguished by a semi-circular head. The entrance boasts a central doorway with a semi-circular fanlight adorned with radial glazing bars, framed by a doorcase that includes reeded pilasters and an open pediment. The roof is tiled and includes three hipped dormers. This house is part of a group of listed buildings in St John's Green.
Local climate
St John's House 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings