Chaffix is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1952. A C15 House. 2 related planning applications.

Chaffix

WRENN ID
lapsed-mortar-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 1952
Type
House
Address
Chaffix, Braintree Road, Felsted, CM6 3DZ
OS grid reference
TL 685 208
Coordinates
51.8604, 0.44667
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Chaffix is a house with a 15th-century west wing and a 16th-century central range. It has two storeys and features a hipped red plain tile roof with gablets, along with wings at the rear. The building has four windows on the first floor and three on the ground floor, all of which are 19th-century sliding sashes with glazing bars. There is an off-centre boarded door beneath a plain red tile hipped gable porch. The central chimney stack is notable for its moulded bases supporting four octagonal shafts. The west wing includes arch-braced tie beams and a crown post roof, while the chimney stack dates from no later than around 1530. The roof appears to have been rebuilt in the late 17th century. A part of a former arched hall screen is now reused in the left crosswing, and there is a wall painting in the upper room. The house is situated on a moated site.

Local climate

Chaffix 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
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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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