Brooksby's is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Rectory. 1 related planning application.
Brooksby's
- WRENN ID
- idle-merlon-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- Brooksby's, Church Road, West Hanningfield, CM2 8UJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 731 996
- Coordinates
- 51.66901, 0.50287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brooksby's, formerly known as the Old Rectory, is a building that was constructed on the site of a 16th-century house from around 1550 and likely incorporates some of the original structure. It was altered in 1801 by Brooksby and underwent renovations in 1973. This house was notable for being the first in the village to replace its casements with the "new sash" windows. The current structure features an early 19th-century red brick front, stands two storeys high with attics, and has a three-window range. The double-hung sashes include glazing bars, with three-light windows in the outer sections, all set in shallow semi-circular headed recesses. Originally, there was a central doorway which has since been replaced by a window. The roof is slate, hipped, and includes one flat-headed dormer on each front.
Local climate
Brooksby's 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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