Straits Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.
Straits Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- little-lintel-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Straits Farmhouse, Dunmow Road, Felsted, CM6 3LE
- OS grid reference
- TL 691 226
- Coordinates
- 51.87678, 0.45523
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Straits Farmhouse is a house dating from the 17th to 18th century, with later additions and alterations. It is two storeys high, constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a hipped roof covered in red plain tiles. The building features three range casement windows and a central door that was added in the 20th century.
Local climate
Straits 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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