Granary at Chobbings Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. Granary. 2 related planning applications.

Granary at Chobbings Farm

WRENN ID
weathered-keep-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1984
Type
Granary
Address
Granary at Chobbings Farm, Chignal St James, Chignall, CM1 4ST
OS grid reference
TL 686 094
Coordinates
51.75813, 0.44199
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The granary at Chobbings Farm is a small square structure dating from the mid-17th century. It is timber framed and weatherboarded, topped with a pyramid roof made of red plain tiles. The building is underbuilt in brick. The original frame remains intact, featuring through wall bracing and a central tie beam.

Local climate

Granary at Chobbings Farm 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
  • 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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