The Mole Trap is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1984. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Mole Trap
- WRENN ID
- solitary-span-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1984
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Mole Trap, Stapleford Tawney, CM16 7PU
- OS grid reference
- TL 500 013
- Coordinates
- 51.69062, 0.1696
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mole Trap is a public house, likely dating back to the 17th century or earlier, with subsequent alterations. It is timber-framed and has a rough rendered exterior. The roof is covered in red plain tiles, with the level dropped to the left, and features two gabled dormers. The building is one storey high with attics. It has one window to the first floor on the left side, and three small-paned casement windows on the ground floor. A gabled porch, roughly rendered and covered in red tiles, is enclosed on the right side and contains a vertically boarded door. A boarded door with a light fitting is located to the left. Three red brick chimney stacks are present.
Local climate
The Mole Trap sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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