The Watch House is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1952. A C17 House. 5 related planning applications.
The Watch House
- WRENN ID
- lone-lintel-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Watch House, Braintree Road, Felsted, CM6 3EF
- OS grid reference
- TL 690 211
- Coordinates
- 51.86304, 0.45422
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Watch House is a house, likely dating from the 17th century or earlier. It has an L-shaped plan with later additions and alterations. The house is two storeys high and has a plain red tiled roof. Construction is timber-framed and plastered. The front facade features a three-window range of double-hung sliding sash windows. A central, gabled porch was added in the 20th century, with a board door. The rear wing has a dormer with retaining 17th-century bargeboards. Two external chimney stacks are red brick, and an original central chimney stack is of concertina red brick.
Local climate
The Watch House 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 7 transactions since 1996
- 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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