Parkgate Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 1 related planning application.

Parkgate Farmhouse

WRENN ID
lunar-postern-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
House
Address
Parkgate Farmhouse, Stockhouse Road, Layer Marney, CO5 9UH
OS grid reference
TL 920 172
Coordinates
51.82113, 0.78586
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Parkgate Farmhouse is a 15th-century hall house featuring a jettied cross wing on the east side. It is constructed from timber framing and plaster, topped with a red plain tile roof that has both hipped and gabled sections. The house has four windows, which include 19th-century casements and one modern casement. There is also a gabled dormer with a casement. A modern extension with a half hip and a chimney stack is located at the east end, along with a modern porch. The original 16th-century chimney stack remains intact. The roof slopes up on the west side with hipped ends. Inside, much of the frame is exposed, showcasing original doorways and window openings.

Local climate

Parkgate 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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