Ropers Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1982. A C16 House. 1 related planning application.

Ropers Farmhouse

WRENN ID
worn-rubble-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rochford
Constituency
Southend East and Rochford MP: Mr Bayo Alaba (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 1982
Type
House
Address
Ropers Farmhouse, Off Mucking Hall Road, Barling Magna, SS3 0NW
OS grid reference
TQ 923 902
Coordinates
51.57816, 0.77481
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ropers Farmhouse is a building that was originally a barn, dating back to the early 16th century. It was converted into a house between 1982 and 1986. The structure is timber framed with red brick walls and features a red plain tiled roof. There is a central hipped midstrey that now includes a 20th-century glazed porch and door, along with a jettied first floor window and an outshot to the left. The farmhouse has two storeys, with three 20th-century ground floor windows and five skylights on the roof. To the right, there is a 20th-century glazed door. The building is aisled, with arched braces supporting the tie beams and a strutted aisle.

Local climate

Ropers Farmhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
  • 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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