Wearn's Folly is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Building.

Wearn's Folly

WRENN ID
pitched-niche-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
Building
Address
Wearn's Folly, Carmen Street, Great Chesterford
OS grid reference
TL 506 429
Coordinates
52.0645, 0.19651
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wearn's Folly is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered building located on the south-west side of Carmen Street in Great Chesterford. It has been renovated and features one storey with attics. The building includes casement windows and a thatched roof, which is adorned with four dormers and a central chimney stack.

Local climate

Wearn's Folly 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 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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