Linsteads is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House. 1 related planning application.
Linsteads
- WRENN ID
- carved-niche-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Linsteads, Mashbury Road, Pleshey, CM3 1HN
- OS grid reference
- TL 648 138
- Coordinates
- 51.79943, 0.389
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Linsteads is a house originally built in the 16th to 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century and later renovations in the 20th century. The building features a timber frame that is plastered. It stands two storeys tall and has 20th-century metal casement windows. A gabled porch, also from the 20th century, projects from the front of the house. The roof is tiled and has a half-hipped design at both the east and west ends. Inside, the house has exposed ceiling beams.
Local climate
Linsteads 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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