Bywater House is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House.
Bywater House
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-jamb-flax
- 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
- Address
- Bywater House, Great Waltham
- OS grid reference
- TL 698 170
- Coordinates
- 51.8263, 0.46304
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bywater House is a timber-framed and plastered house dating from the 16th to 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century. It has two storeys and features a three-window range on the upper floor and a four-window range on the ground floor. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars. The entrance includes a six-panel door that is flanked by fluted pilasters and topped with a cornice hood supported by shaped brackets. The roof is tiled and has two chimney stacks, each with three diagonally set shafts.
Local climate
Bywater House 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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