Wiseman's 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.
Wiseman's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tall-garret-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Wiseman's Farmhouse, Stanway, CO3 0RA
- OS grid reference
- TL 960 231
- Coordinates
- 51.87288, 0.84663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wiseman's Farmhouse is an early 18th-century house that incorporates extensive re-used materials from the 16th century. It is timber framed and plastered, featuring two storeys and a cellar, topped with a red and black pantile roof. The façade has a three-window range with early 18th-century double hung vertical sliding sashes that include glazing bars. The entrance has a simple door surround with reeded pilasters. At each end of the house are 18th-century red brick chimney stacks, while the south chimney is made from re-used 16th-century brick. The house has an L-shaped plan with a late 16th-century wing at the rear, which is one storey with attics and modern casements. Inside, some 16th-century framing is still visible, along with good 18th-century detailing, including a simple staircase with a moulded handrail and stick balusters.
Local climate
Wiseman's Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 650 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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