Vale House is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House. 1 related planning application.

Vale House

WRENN ID
roaming-chamber-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
House
Address
Vale House, the Street, Pleshey, CM3 1HA
OS grid reference
TL 663 144
Coordinates
51.80373, 0.41193
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Vale House is an early to mid 19th century timber-framed and plastered house. It has two storeys and features a two-window range with 20th century metal casements that include horizontal glazing bars. The house has a central six-panel door topped with a small pedimented hood supported by brackets. The roof is covered with slate and has a central square chimney stack. Vale House is included for its group value with nearby buildings such as the Old White Horse, White Horse Cottages, St Michaels Cottages, The Folly, Tyle Barn, Rose Cottage, Butlers, House and Mount Stores, Old Post House, Parsonage Cottage, and House of Retreat.

Local climate

Vale House 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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Nearby listed buildings

  1. St Michaels Cottages Grade II 16 m
  2. K6 Telephone Kiosk (to north west of Old Post House) Grade II 17 m
  3. Old Post House Grade II 23 m
  4. Parsonage Cottage Grade II 31 m
  5. The Folly Grade II 36 m
  6. 1 and 2 White Horse Cottages Grade II 37 m
  7. Tyle Barn Grade II 48 m
  8. The Old White Horse Grade II 56 m
  9. Rose Cottage Grade II 59 m
  10. House of Retreat Grade II 64 m