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

Laurels

WRENN ID
lone-footing-bittern
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
Laurels, the Village, Great Waltham
OS grid reference
TL 696 134
Coordinates
51.79356, 0.458
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Laurels is a 13th-century timber-framed and plastered house located in Great Waltham. The building has two storeys and attics, featuring a four-window range with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars. The north front displays sham timber framing. There are two six-panel doors with architrave and a cornice supported by brackets. The roof is tiled. This house is part of a group of listed buildings in the village, which includes Dweina, No 1, Elm Cot, Lime Tree Cottage, and the Almshouses, all of which are of local interest.

Local climate

Laurels 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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