Friars is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. House.

Friars

WRENN ID
low-wattle-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 February 1984
Type
House
Address
Friars, Parsonage Downs, Great Dunmow
OS grid reference
TL 622 230
Coordinates
51.88212, 0.35539
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Friars is a house dating from the late 17th century. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a red plain tile roof. The building has two storeys and features a three-window range with 17th and 20th century leaded casements. Original red brick chimney stacks are located on the end walls. There is also a later lean-to extension on the right side.

Local climate

Friars 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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