8 and 10, Town Street is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1979. House. 2 related planning applications.
8 and 10, Town Street
- WRENN ID
- strange-arch-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- 8 and 10, Town Street, Thaxted, CM6 2LA
- OS grid reference
- TL 612 309
- Coordinates
- 51.95339, 0.34488
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 8 and 10 on Town Street in Thaxted are 19th-century houses that are timber framed and plastered, topped with a red plain tile roof. The buildings are two storeys tall and feature a three-window range of double hung vertical sliding sashes with glazing bars. The centre window on the first floor has a 19th-century iron design with a semi-circular head. There are red brick chimney stacks, and the ground floor has been altered to accommodate modern shops.
Local climate
8 and 10, Town Street 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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