Goldlay House is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1978. House. 1 related planning application.
Goldlay House
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-shingle-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 November 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- Goldlay House, Parkway, CM2 7PR
- OS grid reference
- TL 713 061
- Coordinates
- 51.72769, 0.47962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Goldlay House is a late 19th-century building constructed of gault brick. It has two storeys with an additional top storey and features three bays. The entrance is highlighted by an Ionic portico supported by two round columns, with stucco door reveals at the center. There is a three-window arrangement at both the ground and first storeys, set in projecting bays. The windows are tripartite, mullioned with gauged heads, and fitted with sashes that include margin lights. The roof is hipped and covered with modern tiles.
Local climate
Goldlay House 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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