Elms Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. Farmhouse.
Elms Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- moated-soffit-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Elms Farmhouse, West Hanningfield Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 720 004
- Coordinates
- 51.67685, 0.48629
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Elms Farmhouse is a 16th century timber-framed and plastered house with some brickwork, built in an L-shaped plan and remodelled in the early 17th century. The building has two storeys. The south front features two jettied gables that are supported by brackets carved into grotesque figures. The east gable retains its original bargeboards and pendant. Beneath each gable, there is a two-storey canted bay window with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars. The roof is tiled and has two 17th century chimney stacks; one at the west end has six grouped shafts set diagonally on a moulded base, while the one at the east end has three diagonally set shafts.
Local climate
Elms 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 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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