Channels Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1974. House. 4 related planning applications.
Channels Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- muffled-gutter-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 November 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Channels Farmhouse, Beslteads Farm Lane, Chelmsford Garden, CM3 3PT
- OS grid reference
- TL 724 112
- Coordinates
- 51.77299, 0.49794
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Channels Farmhouse is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered house located on Belsteads Farm Lane, Little Waltham. The timber framing is exposed throughout the building. A gabled wing projects slightly from the east end. The house is two storeys high with attics, and has a four-window front with casement windows. The roof is tiled.
Local climate
Channels Farmhouse 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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