3 3a 3b, Sun Street is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. House.
3 3a 3b, Sun Street
- WRENN ID
- tired-column-quill
- 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
- Address
- 3 3a 3b, Sun Street, Waltham Abbey
- OS grid reference
- TL 381 005
- Coordinates
- 51.68677, -0.00233
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The buildings at 3, 3A, and 3B Sun Street date from 1767 and consist of two structures. The building on the west includes No 3 and part of No 3B, while the building on the east comprises No 3A and part of No 3B. The western building is from the 16th or early 17th century, featuring a timber framework with a plastered front and an old tiled roof. It has two storeys and attics, with the first floor overhanging, a band at the level of the first-floor window heads, and a casement box dormer. The modern shop front includes two first-floor flush sash windows with glazing bars.
The eastern building is likely from the 17th century, with a front that was modified in the late 18th or early 19th century. It has a colourwashed brick facing and an old tiled modified mansard roof with a casement box dormer. This building also has two storeys and attics, featuring a shop window and a first-floor three-light flush sash window with glazing bars.
Nos 1, 3, 3A, 3B, and 5 form a group.
Local climate
3 3a 3b, 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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