Blagdens House is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1967. House. 1 related planning application.
Blagdens House
- WRENN ID
- pitched-stronghold-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Blagdens House, Steeple Bumpstead Road, Hempstead, CB10 2PW
- OS grid reference
- TL 647 393
- Coordinates
- 52.02849, 0.39959
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blagdens House is a 16th-century timber-framed and plastered building that was originally a farmhouse. It has a T-shaped plan and consists of two storeys with attics. The south cross wing features a three-window range of modern casements. The roof is tiled and includes a large original central chimney stack with four octagonal shafts, which have been rebuilt at the top. The rear wing has a double gabled design at the north end.
Local climate
Blagdens House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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