The Whalebone is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1983. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Whalebone
- WRENN ID
- plain-spire-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1983
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Whalebone, Chelmsford Road, White Roothing, CM6 1RF
- OS grid reference
- TL 563 135
- Coordinates
- 51.79881, 0.26612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whalebone is a public house, dating from the 17th century or earlier, with subsequent extensions and alterations. It is constructed with a timber frame and plaster, featuring a half-hipped roof covered in plain red tiles. A 20th-century extension has been added to the front, incorporating a hipped roof covered in grey slate. The building is two storeys high and has a four-window range on the ground floor, and a three-range on the first floor, with sliding sash windows throughout. Red brick chimney stacks are located off-centre and forward.
Local climate
The Whalebone 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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