Bilsdens Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Bilsdens Farmhouse

WRENN ID
tenth-threshold-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Bilsdens Farmhouse, Epping Road, Bobbingworth, CM5 0DF
OS grid reference
TL 536 043
Coordinates
51.71648, 0.22292
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bilsdens Farmhouse is a house with multiple building phases and a complex layout, now forming a square plan. The rear wing dates from the 15th or 16th century and features a crownpost roof structure, while the front range, built in the 18th century, is clad in brick and painted. The older section likely formed part of the original Manor House. The building is timber framed and plastered, topped with a red plain tiled roof that is hipped to the left. It has two storeys and a five-window range of 19th-century vertical sliding sash windows. The central entrance consists of a 19th-century half-glazed door set beneath a gabled red tiled brick porch. Inside, there are several 17th-century iron casement windows, along with exposed timber and stop-chamfered beams. One of the three red brick chimney stacks bears an inscribed date from the 18th century.

Local climate

Bilsdens 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 lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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