The Wheelhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1967. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Wheelhouse
- WRENN ID
- vast-footing-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Wheelhouse, Middle Street, Clavering, CB11 4QL
- OS grid reference
- TL 473 319
- Coordinates
- 51.9663, 0.1428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wheelhouse is a 17th- to 18th-century timber-framed and plastered house. It is two storeys high and has a three-window front with leaded lights. The ground floor incorporates a shallow bow window with double-hung sashes and glazing bars. A cornice hood covers the doorway. The roof is thatched and hipped at the north and south ends, with a central chimney stack. A wing extends to the east side at the rear.
Local climate
The Wheelhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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