Four Gables is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. A C17 House.
Four Gables
- WRENN ID
- noble-trefoil-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Four Gables, Takeley Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 546 212
- Coordinates
- 51.86863, 0.24436
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Four Gables is a 17th century house that likely includes parts of an earlier structure. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a red plain tile roof. The building has two storeys and features a crosswing at the east end, along with three prominent gables. The facade includes a five-window range with 18th century double hung vertical sliding sashes that have glazing bars. There is a 20th century arcaded projecting shop front and a lean-to extension at the east end. The house also displays 19th century bargeboards with pendants, 19th century pierced ridge tiles, and 19th century red brick chimney stacks.
Local climate
Four Gables 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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