Breeds Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Farmhouse.

Breeds Farmhouse

WRENN ID
lapsed-cloister-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Breeds Farmhouse, Breeds Road, Great Waltham
OS grid reference
TL 687 128
Coordinates
51.78929, 0.44529
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Breeds Farmhouse is a 17th to 18th century timber-framed house, with plaster on the rear and a front made of red brick featuring black brick headers. One of the bricks on the front is scratched with the date 1738. The building has two storeys and a two-window range, with casement windows that have glazing bars. The roof is tiled, hipped, and includes small gablets.

Local climate

Breeds 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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