Stamp and Crows Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Stamp and Crows Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- over-merlon-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Stamp and Crows Farmhouse, Layer Breton Heath, CO2 0PW
- OS grid reference
- TL 942 186
- Coordinates
- 51.83258, 0.81739
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 16th-century timber-framed and plastered farmhouse located in Layer Breton. It has a rectangular plan, originally consisting of three bays and a chimney bay, with a later wing added to the rear. The building is two storeys high and has a red plain tile roof. The front features a three-window range of casement windows with leaded lights; some of these windows contain 17th-century glass. A mid-19th century porch has been added, featuring a pediment, columns, and lancet-headed side lights in a "Gothic" style. The south gable has been modernized with weatherboarding. Inside, the original timber frame remains, showcasing stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops and cambered tie beams. The farmhouse is situated on a moated site.
Local climate
Stamp and Crows Farmhouse 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 greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
- 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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