Mill Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1999. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Mill Hill Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- little-rotunda-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1999
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Mill Hill Farmhouse, Chalk Street, Rettendon, CM3 8DE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 757 970
- Coordinates
- 51.64474, 0.5382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mill Hill Farmhouse is a farmhouse comprising a 17th-century north-east block and a later 18th-century extension to the south-west. The north-east block is timber-framed with rendered and pebbledashed elevations, sitting on a brick plinth, and has a machine tiled roof. The east front, dating from the 17th century, is two storeys high and has a three-window range, including an 18th-century flush cross wing at the south end. The windows are late 20th-century top-hung casements, some with 2- and 3-lights. There is an internal gable-end stack to the north. The rear of this section has a two-window range; the upper floor has two horned sashes, one with 2/2 glazing bars. The ground floor has a late 20th-century top-hung casement. A late 19th-century lean-to extends in an angle, alongside an 18th-century staircase projection, which is lit by a single 2/2 horned sash on the first floor.
The south front is two storeys high with a single-window range. It features a cross wing to the right, with a 2-light, late 20th-century top-hung casement on the ground floor. The main elevation has a 20th-century gabled porch and a 20th-century bay window, both fitted with late 20th-century top-hung casements. A 2/2 horned sash is located above the porch. A ridge stack is positioned to the right of centre. The rear of the building has a two-window range with a late 20th-century top-hung casement on the ground floor and two sashes on the first floor, divided by a stack built on the wall plane. The west return has a late 20th-century French window, covered by a lean-to hood, and a late 20th-century top-hung casement to the attic floor. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Mill Hill 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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