Kings Court Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. A Medieval Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Kings Court Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- salt-panel-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Kings Court Farmhouse, Highwood
- OS grid reference
- TL 638 059
- Coordinates
- 51.72814, 0.37125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kings Court Farmhouse is a timber-framed and plastered house that dates from the 15th century or early 16th century. It was renovated in the 20th century. The building has two storeys and attics, featuring three gables on both the east and west fronts. There is a three-window range with 20th-century casements that do not have glazing bars. The north and south ends of the farmhouse have large external chimney stacks with square shafts. The roof is double pitched and tiled.
Local climate
Kings Court 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 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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