The Chelmsford Institute is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1974. Institute. 1 related planning application.
The Chelmsford Institute
- WRENN ID
- riven-marble-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1974
- Type
- Institute
- Address
- The Chelmsford Institute, 60, New London Road, CM2 0PD
- OS grid reference
- TL 708 065
- Coordinates
- 51.73191, 0.47275
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chelmsford Institute, built in 1841, is a two-storey building made of gault brick with stone trim. It features a three-bay front with a pedimented gable and a one-bay side return. The front is adorned with four giant order pilasters that have Egyptian capitals. The central first-floor window and the top windows on the north return are pedimented and supported by consoles between the giant pilasters. The other windows have architraves, mullions, sills, and flat hoods on consoles, each consisting of three pairs of two-pane sashes with marginal lights. The central front door is set in an Egyptian stone surround and is flanked by two windows. The building has a rectangular plan and a slated roof that runs east to west. The side walls feature round-headed sash windows on the first floor, positioned above plain rectangular ground floor windows. A chimney is located over the party vaults.
Local climate
The Chelmsford Institute 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
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