Gatehouse 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.
Gatehouse
- WRENN ID
- tired-pavement-bracken
- 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
- Gatehouse, Chignal Road, Mashbury, CM1 4TG
- OS grid reference
- TL 650 123
- Coordinates
- 51.78563, 0.39165
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatehouse is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered building designed in an L-shaped plan, featuring a gable at the west end. The wing of the structure has two storeys, while the main block consists of one storey with attics. It includes casement windows with glazing bars. The roof is tiled and has one gabled dormer along with a central square chimney stack.
Local climate
Gatehouse 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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