1, Sun Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. A Early Modern House. 1 related planning application.
1, Sun Street
- WRENN ID
- small-cellar-plum
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- House
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- 1, Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1ED
- OS grid reference
- TL 381 005
- Coordinates
- 51.68675, -0.00244
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1 Sun Street is a building dating from 1767, located on the south side of Sun Street. It features 16th-century plaster on a timber framework and has an old tiled roof with a gable on the north elevation. The building is two storeys high with attics, and the first floor overhangs. Notable architectural details include a carved wooden angle bracket beneath the dragon beam, depicting a female figure carrying a jug. The first floor and attic have modern flush three-light casement windows, while there is a 19th-century shop window. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 1, 3, 3A, 3B, and 5.
Local climate
1, Sun 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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