Clarkes Tye and Lower Breeds is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House.
Clarkes Tye and Lower Breeds
- WRENN ID
- knotted-moat-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Clarkes Tye and Lower Breeds, Breeds Road, Great Waltham, CM3 1EE
- OS grid reference
- TL 687 128
- Coordinates
- 51.78886, 0.44511
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Clarkes Tye and Lower Breeds is a timber-framed and plastered house, likely dating from the 17th century, featuring a 15th-century cross wing at the eastern end and a modern wing at the western end. The building has two storeys and includes 20th-century casement windows. The roof is tiled, and the house underwent renovations in the 20th century.
Local climate
Clarkes Tye and Lower Breeds 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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