Minchins is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1952. House. 4 related planning applications.
Minchins
- WRENN ID
- old-gateway-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Minchins, Great Dunmow, CM6 1JN
- OS grid reference
- TL 614 208
- Coordinates
- 51.86292, 0.34298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, originally known as Minchin's Farmhouse. It is timber-framed and plastered, with a red plain tile roof. The house has an "H" shape, featuring jettied and gabled crosswings to the east and west. The front has a 1, 2, 1 window range, with modern casement windows. Some of the original timber frame remains visible inside. The house sits on a moated site.
Local climate
Minchins sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 5 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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