Sewells Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Sewells Farmhouse

WRENN ID
burning-landing-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maldon
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 August 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Sewells Farmhouse, Witham Road, Little Braxted, CM8 3ET
OS grid reference
TL 839 138
Coordinates
51.79347, 0.66553
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sewells Farmhouse is a house consisting of two ranges, dating from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations and additions from the 18th century and later. It is timber framed and plastered, featuring some painted brick facing. The house has two levels and is topped with red plain tiled roofs. There are central, left, and rear red brick chimney stacks. It has two storeys and single-storey lean-to extensions on both the left and right sides. The façade includes a 2:3 window arrangement with small paned windows and 19th-century three-light casements. The left side has a vertically boarded door with a segmental head, while the right side features a 20th-century door with a top light and a flat canopy above.

Local climate

Sewells 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 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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