Bearman's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1982. A C15 Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Bearman's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
burning-gargoyle-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 October 1982
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Bearman's Farmhouse, Writtle Road, Margaretting, CM4 0EH
OS grid reference
TL 668 024
Coordinates
51.69581, 0.4129
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bearman's Farmhouse is an early 15th century hall house with crosswings. It is timber framed and plastered, featuring a tiled roof and standing two storeys high. The building has five bays and includes 19th century sash windows as well as modern casement windows. The roof was raised and a floor was inserted in the hall during the early 17th century.

Local climate

Bearman'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 90% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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