The Chequers is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1952. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Chequers
- WRENN ID
- long-finial-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Chequers, the Street, Little Bardfield, CM7 4TW
- OS grid reference
- TL 664 311
- Coordinates
- 51.95432, 0.42138
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chequers is a house dating from the early 17th century, with a date inscribed on the porch bressumer of 1609. There is also a plaster plaque dated 1602, although records indicate a later date of 1785. The building has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features a timber frame with panel plastering and a plain tiled roof that has a gable on the right side. The house is one storey high with attics and includes three gabled dormers. A full-height porch that is gabled and jettied is a prominent feature. The front has a window arrangement of 1:1:3, consisting mainly of three-light casements with transoms, likely from the 19th century. The entrance includes a nailed three-board door with muntins and strap hinges, framed by a moulded oak surround.
Local climate
The Chequers 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 — 5 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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