Mabb's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. A Medieval House. 1 related planning application.

Mabb's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
lost-minaret-honey
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
Period
Medieval
Address
Mabb's Farmhouse, Littley Green, Great Waltham, CM3 1BX
OS grid reference
TL 701 168
Coordinates
51.82392, 0.46809
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mabb's Farmhouse is a timber-framed and plastered house dating from the 15th to 16th century. It has undergone significant alterations and renovations in the 20th century. The building has two storeys and features 20th-century metal casement windows. The upper storey jetties out at the south-west end. The roof is tiled, half hipped, and includes a small gable at the south-west end.

Local climate

Mabb's 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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