Seaborough Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 2 related planning applications.
Seaborough Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- young-chimney-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- Seaborough Farmhouse, Peldon Road, Great and Little Wigborough, CO5 7RE
- OS grid reference
- TL 976 155
- Coordinates
- 51.80355, 0.86533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Seaborough Farmhouse is a 17th century house that has been extensively altered in the 18th century. It features a timber frame with plaster and a red plain tile roof. The building is two storeys high and has a three-window range of 18th century double-hung sash windows with glazing bars and side lights. The centre window has a semi-circular head. There is a porch supported by detached columns with moulded capitals and a flat top, leading to a six-panelled door. The interior boasts good 18th century detailing. At the west end, there is a 19th century wing that is one storey with attics, which includes one gabled dormer.
Local climate
Seaborough 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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