Gray's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Gray's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- woven-chalk-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Gray's Farmhouse, Chignall, CM1 4SX
- OS grid reference
- TL 677 107
- Coordinates
- 51.77023, 0.42982
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gray's Farmhouse is a building originally constructed as a moated hall house in the 15th to 16th centuries, featuring cross wings on the east and west ends. It underwent alterations in the 17th century when the central block was raised and divided into two storeys, and further changes were made in the mid-18th century. Renovations in 1952 resulted in the loss of date tablets from the gables of the cross wings, which displayed the initials WL and the date 1743. The farmhouse is timber framed and plastered, with two storeys and attics. The cross wings have jettied upper storeys. The building has a four-window range with 20th-century metal casements that include glazing bars, and two 20th-century doors with cornice hoods. The roof is tiled and features one hipped dormer in the central block. There are also fragmentary remains of the moat surrounding the farmhouse.
Local climate
Gray's 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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