Swallows Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.
Swallows Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- seventh-timber-burdock
- 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
- Swallows Farmhouse, Thaxted Road, Wimbish, CB10 2XP
- OS grid reference
- TL 600 335
- Coordinates
- 51.9778, 0.32859
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swallows Farmhouse is a timber-framed and plastered building dating from the 17th to 18th centuries. It has a gabled cross wing at the south end, which is two storeys high. The main block of the house is single storey with attics. The windows are casement type. The roof is thatched, with a central square chimney stack positioned at the south end.
Local climate
Swallows 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 — 6 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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