Crabtree Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. A C19 House. 3 related planning applications.
Crabtree Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- unlit-clay-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Clacton MP: Nigel Farage (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Crabtree Farmhouse, Colchester Road, Great Bentley, CO7 8RT
- OS grid reference
- TM 107 234
- Coordinates
- 51.87005, 1.06053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Crabtree Farmhouse is a house that dates back to the 16th century or earlier for the left range, with an 18th-century right range, and a 19th-century red brick rear range along with other alterations and extensions. The building is timber framed and plastered, topped with red plain tiled roofs, with the right range featuring a hipped roof. There is a chimney stack located to the right of the left range.
The left range has two vertically sliding sash windows with glazing bars. The 18th-century right range faces west and is finished in ashlar line plaster, featuring projecting eaves supported by brackets. This range consists of three bays, with the central bay being bowed. The first floor has two light casements on the right and left, while the central window is blocked. The ground floor includes tall tripartite casements with glazing bars on both sides, and a central bowed doorway with top lights above the door.
Inside, notable features include an inglenook fireplace with a mantel beam, chamfered bridging joists, exposed wall studs, and two square-headed service doorways that are now blocked leading to the living room. There is a restored mullion window on the rear wall and a halved and bridled top plate scarf. The staircase by the chimney is accompanied by an 18th-century staircase in the front range. The interior also contains two 18th-century corner cupboards, one of which is not in its original position, and an 18th-century cupboard range in a bedroom that is also not in situ. The 18th-century rooms feature a moulded cornice and an 18th-century cast iron hob grate. The 18th-century windows have panels underneath that open inwards, likely to facilitate furniture access.
The 19th-century section has a scratch date of 1822. During roof repairs, newspapers dated 1782 and 1892 were discovered and are still kept by the owner. The farmhouse was shown as Crabstalks on the Chapman and Andre Map of 1777.
Local climate
Crabtree Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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