Sandon Place is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. House.

Sandon Place

WRENN ID
ragged-bailey-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 December 1952
Type
House
Address
Sandon Place, Rectory Road
OS grid reference
TL 743 048
Coordinates
51.71533, 0.52242
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sandon Place is a 16th-century timber-framed and plastered house that has been significantly altered in the 18th and 19th centuries, yet it still retains its original half H plan shape, along with some additions. The cross wings at the east and west ends project out on the first storey and feature a four-window arrangement of double-hung sashes with glazing bars, arranged in a 1:2:1 pattern. A central early 19th-century portico with fluted Tuscan columns and pilasters supports a flat modillion cornice hood. The doorcase includes a reeded architrave with roundels. The roof is covered with slate, and there is a coved plaster eaves cornice on the central block. At the rear, there is a chimney stack dating from the 16th to 17th century, along with another older chimney stack at the east end. Sandon Place is part of a group that includes the Church of St Andrew, the outbuildings at Sandon Place, The Forge, the Post Office and Cottage east of the Post Office, Woodhill Road, and The Crown Inn at Sandon Green.

Local climate

Sandon Place 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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  1. Outbuilding west of Sandon Place Grade II 28 m
  2. Church of St Andrew Grade II* 57 m
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  5. Cottage East of the Post Office Grade II 85 m
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