23, Town Street is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. Residential building. 3 related planning applications.
23, Town Street
- WRENN ID
- guardian-portal-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1967
- Type
- Residential building
- Address
- 23, Town Street, Thaxted, CM6 2LD
- OS grid reference
- TL 611 309
- Coordinates
- 51.95351, 0.34373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house dating from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The front is of red brick, while the rear is timber-framed and plastered, with a hipped roof covered in plain tiles and wide eaves. The house is three storeys high, with cellars, and has an L-shaped plan. Originally, it had five windows, though three are now blocked. The windows are double-hung vertical sash windows. The ground and first floors feature bay windows with hipped roofs covered in plain tiles. The central entrance is accessed via modern double doors set within a rusticated arched surround dating to the 18th century, and is topped with a fanlight featuring interlacing glazing bars. There are two side entrances; one has an arched brick head, a keystone, and a six-panel door, while the other has a segmental head, a keystone, and a rectangular fanlight. It is said to have good interior detailing, including panelling and ceiling beams.
Local climate
23, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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