2, Old Road is a Grade II listed building in the Harlow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1981. House. 1 related planning application.
2, Old Road
- WRENN ID
- guardian-arch-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harlow
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2, Old Road, CM17 0HA
- OS grid reference
- TL 477 116
- Coordinates
- 51.78367, 0.1402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century house located on the east side of Old Road, near Mulberry Green. It has a T-shaped layout, comprising a two-storey cross-wing and a single-storey hall, with the ridges of both roof sections level. The roofs are covered in peg tiles. The cross-wing is timber-framed and has been plastered, with a chimney stack on its south wall. The hall range has brick walls that have been painted. The front elevation features two pairs of small-paned casement windows on the cross-wing, each with one pane per sash; and a pair of Edwardian sash windows on the hall.
Local climate
2, Old Road sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 4 transactions since 1996
- 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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