Former Chaplains House Hm Prison is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1989. Former chaplain's house, office.
Former Chaplains House Hm Prison
- WRENN ID
- scarred-minaret-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1989
- Type
- Former chaplain's house, office
- Address
- Former Chaplains House Hm Prison, Sandford Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 718 071
- Coordinates
- 51.73669, 0.48685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Chaplain's House at HM Prison, built around 1860, now serves as offices. This building features stucco over brick with a hipped slate roof and is designed in the Regency style. It stands three storeys tall and has a symmetrical three-window façade. The entrance consists of panelled double doors framed by a moulded architrave. The windows include horned 16-pane sashes on the lower floors and 8-pane sashes on the second floor, all set within eaved architraves. The side elevations are similarly designed with two bays, and there is a three-bay addition at the rear. Inside, the house boasts moulded plaster cornices, a dog-leg staircase with stick balusters, and moulded newels. This building was originally the Chaplain's house for HM Prison, Springfield Road, which was constructed in 1828.
Local climate
Former Chaplains House Hm Prison 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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