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

Theobalds Farmhouse

WRENN ID
crooked-minaret-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Theobalds Farmhouse, Tiptree, CO5 0US
OS grid reference
TL 880 170
Coordinates
51.82087, 0.72642
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Theobalds Farmhouse is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered building, topped with a red plain tile roof. It has one storey and attics, featuring a three-window range with 19th century casements. The farmhouse includes a central chimney stack and two gabled dormers. At the rear, there are 19th century and modern extensions that are black weatherboarded.

Local climate

Theobalds 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 lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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