Clock House and Clock House Cottage. is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. House. 1 related planning application.
Clock House and Clock House Cottage.
- WRENN ID
- veiled-roof-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Clock House and Clock House Cottage., Main Road, Boreham, CM3 3JD
- OS grid reference
- TL 758 103
- Coordinates
- 51.76392, 0.54738
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clock House and Clock House Cottage are a timber-framed and plastered house dating from the 16th to 17th centuries, with cross wings at the north and south ends. The building is situated on the south side of Main Road in Boreham. The south cross wing has a modern addition extending to the west. The north cross wing and centre part of the house retain exposed timber framing, and the north wing is jettied on its east front. The wings are two storeys high, while the centre part is one storey with attics. A notable feature is the original external chimney stack on the south side, which has tabled offsets and grouped diagonal shafts. The roof is tiled. The building forms a group with The Chesnuts, 1, 2 and 3 Maltings Cottages, and The Six Bells Public House; The Chesnuts is noted as a building of local interest.
Local climate
Clock House and Clock House Cottage. 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 86% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- 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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