Witneys is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. House.

Witneys

WRENN ID
solitary-pier-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 August 1984
Type
House
Address
Witneys, Felsted
OS grid reference
TL 695 207
Coordinates
51.85923, 0.46017
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

"Witneys" is a house that dates back to the 16th century or earlier, with a single-storey addition on the left side. The building has two storeys and features a red plain tile half-hip roof, while the left addition has pan tiles. It has a four-window range of small-paned casements. There is an off-centre enclosed red-tiled porch with a 20th-century door. The left addition has two matching windows and a gabled porch. Inside, there are chamfered beams throughout. A square red brick chimney stack is present, and the roof structure includes crown posts.

Local climate

Witneys 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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