The Three Compasses Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1984. Public house.
The Three Compasses Public House
- WRENN ID
- fallen-mantel-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1984
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Three Compasses Public House, West Hanningfield
- OS grid reference
- TQ 726 997
- Coordinates
- 51.66956, 0.49471
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Three Compasses Public House is a public house located in West Hanningfield, dating from the 15th and 19th centuries. It features a timber-framed and plastered structure with clay plain tiled gable roofs. The building consists of parallel ranges, with the western range from the 19th century showcasing various casement windows. The eastern range, which dates back to the 15th century, includes sash and casement windows, a large red brick stack, and a catslide tiled roof on the east side. This eastern range is a jettied crosswing from the first half of the 15th century, with an inserted stack from the 16th century. The roof structure contains a cross quadrate crown post with arched braces, collar purlin, and collars. The floor joists at the jettied end, which are now underbuilt, have central tenons into the bridging joist.
Local climate
The Three Compasses 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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