Thorrington's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Farmhouse.
Thorrington's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- idle-paling-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Thorrington's Farmhouse, Thorrington Road, Layer Marney
- OS grid reference
- TL 921 182
- Coordinates
- 51.82946, 0.78731
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thorrington's Farmhouse is a 16th century, and possibly earlier, timber-framed and plastered building with a red tile gabled roof. It has a rectangular plan and features two parallel cross wings at the east end, which have hipped roofs. The farmhouse has an early 19th century painted brick facade with a parapet wall and stands two storeys tall. The facade includes a two-window range of 19th century vertical sliding double hung sashes with glazing bars, along with one blind opening on the first floor. Below, there are modern casements. The remainder of the facade features a two-window range of 18th century vertical sliding double hung sashes with glazing bars. There is a lean-to extension at the west end and an original 16th century chimney stack. Inside, some original framing is exposed. The farmhouse was originally moated.
Local climate
Thorrington's 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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