Great Newarks is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. House.
Great Newarks
- WRENN ID
- ancient-sandstone-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Great Newarks, Newarks Lane, Good Easter
- OS grid reference
- TL 641 111
- Coordinates
- 51.77461, 0.37836
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Great Newarks is a timber-framed and plastered house originating from the 17th century, designed in an L-shaped plan. The building has undergone significant alterations in the 19th century and later, including additions to the south and east ends. It was renovated in the 20th century. The house has two storeys and features a four-window range with casements that have glazing bars, dating from the 20th century. There is a bay window on the ground floor at the west end. The roof is tiled and hipped at both the east and west ends. A circular moat remains on the south, east, and west sides of the house.
Local climate
Great Newarks 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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