Brickfield is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Cottage.
Brickfield
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-tower-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Brickfield, Boreham Road, Great Leighs, Great and Little Leighs, CM3 1PP
- OS grid reference
- TL 738 166
- Coordinates
- 51.82168, 0.52128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brickfield is a 17th to 18th century cottage that features a timber frame and plastered exterior. It has one storey and attics, with casement windows that have leaded lights and boarded doors. The cottage is topped with a thatched roof, which includes two dormer windows.
Local climate
Brickfield 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- No related consent applications matched
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