Gilbert Hunt's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Farmhouse.
Gilbert Hunt's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sharp-portal-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Gilbert Hunt's Farmhouse, Sandon
- OS grid reference
- TL 759 032
- Coordinates
- 51.70077, 0.5448
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gilbert Hunt's Farmhouse is a building that originally dates from the 16th to 17th century and features a timber frame with plaster. It was refronted in the 18th century, with a late 18th or early 19th century block added on the south side. The farmhouse has been renovated in the 20th century. It stands two storeys high and has a two-window range, with double-hung sash windows that include single vertical glazing bars. The roof is tiled, and the rear part of the building has a double span.
Local climate
Gilbert Hunt's 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 1998
- No related consent applications matched
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