Lightfoots is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. House.
Lightfoots
- WRENN ID
- gentle-paling-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lightfoots, Skreens Park Road, Roxwell
- OS grid reference
- TL 641 086
- Coordinates
- 51.75232, 0.37637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lightfoots is a house located on Park Road in Roxwell, with a history dating back to 1347. The current structure, built in the 16th century, is timber-framed and plastered, featuring three gables on the north front. A modern plaque on the house indicates the date 1347. The building has a three-window range, with two and three-light casements that include leaded lights. The doorway is topped with a hood supported by shaped brackets. The roof is tiled and features two large rectangular chimney stacks.
Local climate
Lightfoots 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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