Fields Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Farmhouse.
Fields Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- strange-eave-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Fields Farmhouse, Field Farm Lane, Layer-De-La-Haye
- OS grid reference
- TL 978 193
- Coordinates
- 51.83736, 0.87046
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fields Farmhouse is a mid-18th century house constructed of red brick, topped with a hipped roof made of red plain tiles. The building stands two storeys high and features a three-window range with double hung vertical sliding sashes that have glazing bars and are adorned with rubbed brick arches. At the north end, there is a rear wing that includes 19th-century and modern casements, as well as a bakehouse that retains its original 18th-century chimney. The farmhouse has a simple Tuscan porch supported by detached pillars. Inside, much of the detailing dates from the mid-18th century, including shutters, fireplace surrounds, doors, skirtings, and architraves. An early 19th-century staircase features stick balusters, a moulded handrail, and turned newels.
Local climate
Fields Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 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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