Peacocks is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1967. Regency House. 4 related planning applications.

Peacocks

WRENN ID
shifting-parapet-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1967
Type
Regency House
Address
Peacocks, Main Road, Margaretting, CM4 9HX
OS grid reference
TL 670 014
Coordinates
51.68702, 0.41534
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Peacocks is an attractive Regency house dating from the early 19th century, featuring stuccoed walls. It is set back from the main road and is situated in a small park. The north front displays a parapet, a modillion cornice, and a central modillion pediment. There are recessed panels between the cornice and the first storey windows, and the building has two storeys. The main block has a five-window range with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars, all set within moulded architraves. The central section projects slightly and has a three-window range with a tile pediment above. The ground storey features a tetrastyle portico supported by fluted columns and a cornice. The main block is flanked by small wings, each with a one-window range, which includes a blocked window on the first storey and a semi-circular headed recess on the ground storey. The roof is slate, and there are four symmetrical chimney stacks on the central block.

Local climate

Peacocks sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • 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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