Southwoods is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House. 6 related planning applications.
Southwoods
- WRENN ID
- moated-plinth-mallow
- 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
- Southwoods, Margaretting Road, Writtle, CM1 3PN
- OS grid reference
- TL 670 040
- Coordinates
- 51.70989, 0.41704
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Southwoods is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered house, originally the Bailiff's house of Hylands. It has been altered in the 18th century and later. The building has two storeys and features a four-window range with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars. The doorway is topped with a gabled hood. The roof is tiled and hipped at the south end, with two gabled dormers.
Local climate
Southwoods 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 — 6 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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