Beaconhead Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. A C14 Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Beaconhead Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- keen-casement-brook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Beaconhead Farmhouse, London Road, Stanway, CO3 0NQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 953 248
- Coordinates
- 51.88757, 0.83655
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beaconhead Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building originally constructed as a 14th-century hall house with two crosswings. The structure is timber framed and clad in 18th-century red brick, topped with a red plain tile roof. The crosswings were originally jettied and gabled, but 18th-century alterations have underbuilt the jetty and introduced hipped roofs. The facade features a three-window range with 18th-century double-hung vertical sliding sashes that include glazing bars and are set beneath gauged brick arches. There is one hipped dormer and an 18th-century pediment doorcase adorned with a foliated frieze and moulded jowls.
The early 14th-century west wing contains a 16th-century crown post roof, while the central hall, dating from the late 14th century, has an early 16th-century inserted chimney stack with a cambered mantel beam and a late 16th-century inserted first floor. The original crown post roof remains intact, featuring two tall octagonal posts with chamfered bases and capitals. The east crosswing, also from the late 14th century, retains an original doorway, jowled storey posts, and a crown post roof.
Local climate
Beaconhead 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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- 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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