2 and 3, Duke Street is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. House. 2 related planning applications.

2 and 3, Duke Street

WRENN ID
secret-roof-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
House
Address
2 and 3, Duke Street, CM1 1HL
OS grid reference
TL 708 068
Coordinates
51.73474, 0.47222
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 2 and 3 Duke Street is a 17th-century building that stands three storeys tall. It features a two-window arrangement of double-hung sash windows on the first and second floors. The building has a parapet facing the street and a peg-tiled roof with the ridge running parallel to the street. There is a dentilled eaves cornice, and the shop fronts have been modernized. Most of the internal floors are made of oak boarding.

Local climate

2 and 3, Duke 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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