The Wheatsheaf Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Public house.

The Wheatsheaf Public House

WRENN ID
south-bailey-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Public house
Address
The Wheatsheaf Public House, New Street
OS grid reference
TL 708 071
Coordinates
51.73683, 0.47336
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Wheatsheaf Public House is a public house dating from around 1600. It is timber framed and rendered, standing two stories high with attics, positioned end on to the street. All the windows are modern. The roof is ridged from east to west and is covered with peg tiles, featuring a single brick chimney stack located along the center line. Inside, chamfered oak joists are visible.

Local climate

The Wheatsheaf Public House 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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