Blue House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Blue House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
stranded-spandrel-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Blue House Farmhouse, 2 School Road, Downham, South Hanningfield, CM11 1QU
OS grid reference
TQ 729 960
Coordinates
51.63632, 0.4978
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blue House Farmhouse is a 17th-century timber-framed house that was refronted in the 18th century with red brick. The building has two storeys and features a three-window range, with casements on the first storey and 19th-century double-hung sash windows with glazing bars on the ground storey. A central gabled porch adds to its character, and the roof is tiled.

Local climate

Blue House Farmhouse 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 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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