Ford Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. Farmhouse, hotel. 2 related planning applications.
Ford Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sombre-pier-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse, hotel
- Address
- Ford Farmhouse, Braintree Road, Great Dunmow, CM6 1HU
- OS grid reference
- TL 637 220
- Coordinates
- 51.87333, 0.37691
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ford Farmhouse is a former farmhouse that has been converted into a hotel. It dates from the early 19th century and features a grey gault brick front with red brick sides and rear. The building has a grey slate hipped roof and is two storeys tall with an L-shaped plan. The front facade includes a three-window range of early 19th century vertical sliding sashes with glazing bars. There is a simple flat canopied porch, and the front is adorned with brick pilasters. Iron railings with square columns complete the exterior.
Local climate
Ford Farmhouse 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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 — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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