Granary Block SR5 at North End of No 7 is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1978. Granary.

Granary Block SR5 at North End of No 7

WRENN ID
stony-rafter-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1978
Type
Granary
Address
Granary Block SR5 at North End of No 7, Springfield Road, CM2 6QR
OS grid reference
TL 710 066
Coordinates
51.7328, 0.47527
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Granary Block SR5, located at the north end of No 7 (formerly Gray's Brewery) on Springfield Road, is a 19th-century building constructed of stock brickwork. It features six bays and stands four storeys tall. The ground floor is supported by a double row of cast iron columns and has pine joists. The first and second floors have wooden posts that support the joists, with grain bins positioned between them. The roof is rectangular, supported by raking struts, and is covered with slate. The building is aligned in a north-south direction and includes a sack hoist at the top of the southwest side.

Local climate

Granary Block SR5 at North End of No 7 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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