Gowers is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House.
Gowers
- WRENN ID
- still-cupola-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Gowers, 4, Galleywood Road, Great Baddow
- OS grid reference
- TL 728 048
- Coordinates
- 51.71535, 0.50059
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gowers is a late 16th century timber-framed house that has been largely refronted in the 18th century and later. The south front features red brick, while the east side is covered in weatherboarding and the west and rear are plastered. The house is two storeys high with a three-window range, displaying double-hung sashes with glazing bars set in painted reveals. There is a central six-panel door, with the upper panels glazed, which is framed by a doorcase that includes an architrave and a dentilled pediment. The roof is tiled and half-hipped at both the east and west ends. Inside, the house retains exposed timber-framing.
Local climate
Gowers 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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