Writtle Wick is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Writtle Wick
- WRENN ID
- waning-stair-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Writtle Wick, 62, Chignall Road, CM1 2JB
- OS grid reference
- TL 688 080
- Coordinates
- 51.74574, 0.44406
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Writtle Wick is a 17th-century building that was once a farmhouse. It features a 17th-century fire surround made of carved oak, adorned with caryatides, egg and tongue detailing, and "Romayne" panelling, all of which have been restored. The layout of the house is now complex but includes a heavy timber-framed structure that is 5 bays long, dating from the 16th or 17th century. Inside, there is a wealth of high-quality Neo-Jacobean detailing.
Local climate
Writtle Wick 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 90% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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