Fabric Shop, General Store, and Adjacent House is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1983. Shop, store, residential. 10 related planning applications.
Fabric Shop, General Store, and Adjacent House
- WRENN ID
- dusk-loft-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1983
- Type
- Shop, store, residential
- Address
- Fabric Shop, General Store, and Adjacent House, Bull Ring, Thaxted, CM6 2PL
- OS grid reference
- TL 609 310
- Coordinates
- 51.95443, 0.34121
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fabric Shop, General Store, and adjacent house in Thaxted Bull Ring dates from the 17th century and was extensively altered in the 19th century. It features a timber frame with plaster and has a grey slate roof that is hipped to the south. The building is two storeys high and has a five-window range with double hung vertical sliding sashes. On the ground floor, there are two similar sashes with sidelights and glazing bars, along with two modern shopfronts. At the rear, there is a timber framed wing topped with a red plain tile roof, and red brick chimney stacks are present.
Local climate
Fabric Shop, General Store, and Adjacent House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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