Horsepits Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1952. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Horsepits Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- grey-wattle-shade
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Horsepits Farmhouse, Cooks Hall Road, West Bergholt, CO6 3EX
- OS grid reference
- TL 954 271
- Coordinates
- 51.90826, 0.83988
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Horsepits Farmhouse is a 16th-century or earlier timber-framed farmhouse with crosswings to the east and west, arranged in an H-plan over two storeys. It features a continuous jetty and a first-floor hall. The timber frame is exposed with external carved wind-bracing, and the roofs are ridged and gabled, covered with peg tiles. Jettied tie-beams are present in the wing gables. A red brick chimney is located south of the main entrance. The original infill was plaster. The north wing has a red brick wall on its ground storey, and a 18th-century door and surround are set within it. A restored tripartite window is on the ground storey, while the first storey contains six different windows, including those within the wing gables. A Venetian window on the ground storey of the right wing is predominantly original. The crosswings extend far to the rear, where the timber frame is also exposed.
Local climate
Horsepits 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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