King'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.
King's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- ragged-latch-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- King's Farmhouse, Fordham Road, West Bergholt, CO6 3DP
- OS grid reference
- TL 945 295
- Coordinates
- 51.93011, 0.82874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
King's Farmhouse is a 16th century or earlier house that is timber framed and plastered, designed in an L-plan. The roofs are steeply pitched with ridges and gables, now covered with slate. The crosswing consists of three bays, while the hall range features an intruded floor on the end wall clamps. There is a rendered brick chimney located close to the return, and the windows are all modern and vary in type.
Local climate
King'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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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