156 and 157, Moulsham Street is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Building.
156 and 157, Moulsham Street
- WRENN ID
- carved-iron-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Building
- OS grid reference
- TL 706 061
- Coordinates
- 51.72849, 0.46977
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 156 and 157 on Moulsham Street is an 18th-century building that is timber framed and consists of two bays and two storeys. The ground floor features shop windows that have been inserted, while the first floor is rendered and includes two pairs of hornless two-pane sash windows. There is a moulded timber eaves cornice, and the roof is gambrelled with the ridge running from north to south, covered in peg tiles. Additionally, there are two flat-topped attic dormers that have horizontal sliding sashes.
Local climate
156 and 157, Moulsham Street 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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