Fields Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. Farmhouse.
Fields Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- eternal-crypt-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Fields Farmhouse, Hempstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 648 374
- Coordinates
- 52.01091, 0.40128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fields Farmhouse is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered house that was renovated in the 20th century. It stands two storeys high and features a three-window range with casement windows. A modern gabled porch projects from the front of the house. The roof is tiled and includes an original central chimney stack with four octagonal shafts set on a square base. Inside, the farmhouse has exposed ceiling beams and joists, along with an old open fireplace.
Local climate
Fields Farmhouse 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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