Dukes is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1975. House.
Dukes
- WRENN ID
- woven-cornice-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dukes, Main Road, Danbury
- OS grid reference
- TL 770 053
- Coordinates
- 51.71922, 0.56161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dukes is a 17th-century timber-framed house located on Main Road in Danbury. The building has a 'T' shaped plan, with the main block extending north and south. Around 1600, a floor was added to the main block. The south front features three gables, with modern external elements; the center gable dates to the early 17th century, while the east gable is from a later period. The west end showcases exposed timber-framing set on a high brick plinth. The house is two storeys high and has a three-window range on the south front, with 20th-century casements. The roof is tiled with old tiles and includes a central rectangular chimney stack at the west end and a sloping-roofed dormer situated between the gables. Inside, the house retains exposed timber-framing, ceiling beams, and joists, with central longitudinal main beams running the full length of both the main block and the cross wing. The name 'Dukes' is recorded in a law court case from 1499, likely referring to this house.
Local climate
Dukes sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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