Greenacres is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1984. A Early C17, extended in C18 and C20 House.

Greenacres

WRENN ID
stranded-storey-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1984
Type
House
Address
Greenacres, the Street, Sheering
OS grid reference
TL 505 138
Coordinates
51.80283, 0.18208
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Greenacres is an early 17th-century house that has been extended in the 18th and 20th centuries. It features a timber frame that is weatherboarded and plastered, with a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The house is arranged in three bays, oriented approximately northeast to southwest, and includes an inserted axial chimney stack between the northeast and middle bays, as well as an external chimney stack at the southwest end. The rear extensions, added in the 18th century, create a T-shaped plan, with a further extension in the southern angle completed in 1968.

The building has two storeys, and the front elevation is covered in white-painted weatherboards. It has a three-window range of 20th-century casements and a 20th-century door. The roof is hipped at both ends, while the rear extension has a half-hipped roof. Some of the framing is exposed internally, showcasing jowled wall posts, straight tie beams, and curved bracing that is trenched inside the studs. The interior also features stop-chamfered beams. The roof structure includes clasped purlins, and the collar between the northeast and middle bays has been severed to accommodate the inserted chimney. Additionally, some smoke-blackened medieval rafters have been reused as rafters and purlins.

Local climate

Greenacres sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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