Friars Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Friars Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fossil-step-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Friars Farmhouse, Little Sampford, CB10 2XT
- OS grid reference
- TL 613 336
- Coordinates
- 51.97809, 0.34836
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Friars Farmhouse is a 17th-18th century timber-framed and plastered building arranged on a T-shaped plan. It is two storeys high. The windows are mainly 18th century double-hung sashes with glazing bars, although some modern casements are also present. The roof is tiled. The east front features a projecting west wing with a hipped roof terminating in a small gable. Two internal chimney stacks are visible.
Local climate
Friars 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1995
- 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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