The Ginn House to the South East of Brent Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 October 1981. Ginn house.
The Ginn House to the South East of Brent Hall
- WRENN ID
- lunar-spandrel-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 October 1981
- Type
- Ginn house
- OS grid reference
- TL 750 125
- Coordinates
- 51.7845, 0.53615
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ginn House, located to the southeast of Brent Hall, is an 18th-century horse ginn house. It has an octagonal shape, is constructed from timber framing, and is weatherboarded. The roof was originally thatched. Inside, there is one tie beam with six short ties that are tenoned into the octagonal structure, supported by a central post and a chamfered mast. There are also remains of a radially strutted platform at a higher level.
Local climate
The Ginn House to the South East of Brent Hall 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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