Highams Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Farmhouse.
Highams Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fading-corbel-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Highams Farmhouse, Tindon End Road, Wimbish
- OS grid reference
- TL 607 336
- Coordinates
- 51.97795, 0.33953
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Highams Farmhouse is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered building with an L-shaped plan, featuring a short gabled wing at the north end of the west front. The north end of the east front was previously jettied, and a modern addition has been constructed to the east beneath it. Another modern addition is located at the south end, also extending to the east. The farmhouse has been renovated and stands two storeys high, with casement windows. The roof is tiled and includes a central chimney stack.
Local climate
Highams 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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