The Limes is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. A Georgian House. 2 related planning applications.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- mired-slate-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Limes, Main Road, Margaretting, CM4 9JB
- OS grid reference
- TL 674 019
- Coordinates
- 51.69172, 0.42096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is a late 18th century or early 19th century red brick house located on Margaretting Main Road. The building has two storeys and features a parapet at the front. It has a five-window range with double-hung sash windows that include glazing bars, all set in flush cased frames. The ground storey has two later canted bay windows and a central doorway topped with a rectangular fanlight, along with a modern gabled hood that is tiled and supported by brackets. The roof is also tiled, and there is a wing that extends at the rear of the house.
Local climate
The Limes sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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