Absolpark Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. Farmhouse.
Absolpark Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fossil-threshold-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Absolpark Farmhouse, Great Waltham
- OS grid reference
- TL 664 193
- Coordinates
- 51.84808, 0.41457
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Absolpark Farmhouse is a timber-framed and plastered house that dates back to the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century and some modern additions. The building has two storeys and features a prominent central gabled porch that projects from the front. There are five windows, which are casements with leaded lights, and two of the first-storey windows have small gables in the roof. A wing extends to the east at the rear of the house. The roof is tiled, with a mansard design on the east wing. Inside, the kitchen has exposed ceiling beams and joists, and there is an original corner cupboard located in the hall of the main block. To the northeast of the house, there is a completely moated site.
Local climate
Absolpark Farmhouse 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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