Berden Priory is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. House.
Berden Priory
- WRENN ID
- roaming-gateway-thunder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1951
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- TL 462 302
- Coordinates
- 51.9513, 0.12654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Berden Priory is a late 16th-century timber-framed and plastered building designed in an L-shaped plan. It stands two storeys high, with the upper storey jettied, featuring a moulded bressumer and exposed timber-framing across the entire south front. The first storey has a five-window range of casements from the 20th century, while the ground storey mainly features double-hung sashes with glazing bars. Some original high-level mullioned window openings have been restored on the first storey. The entrance includes an 8-panel door topped with a flat hood supported by brackets. There is a 17th-century kitchen addition to the building. The roof is tiled and hipped on both the east and west sides, and it has two chimney stacks that have been rebuilt. The interior retains original features.
Local climate
Berden Priory 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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