Freshwell is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House.

Freshwell

WRENN ID
guardian-spandrel-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
House
Address
Freshwell, Little Sampford
OS grid reference
TL 653 336
Coordinates
51.97632, 0.40562
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Freshwell is a small 17th century timber-framed and plastered building. It has one storey and attics, featuring casement windows. The roof is thatched and includes two gabled dormers along with a central chimney stack.

Local climate

Freshwell sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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