2, 4 and 6, Museum Street is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1982. House.
2, 4 and 6, Museum Street
- WRENN ID
- sombre-terrace-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2, 4 and 6, Museum Street, Saffron Walden, CB10 1BN
- OS grid reference
- TL 537 386
- Coordinates
- 52.02517, 0.23962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
2, 4, and 6 Museum Street are three houses built in the early 19th century, with some additions from the 20th century. They have gault brick walls and stacks, topped with a slate roof. The buildings are arranged in an E shape, with three storeys and cellars.
The front elevation faces east and features brickwork with scored pointing, displaying three windows and three doorways. Houses 2 and 4 mirror each other, sharing a stack and outer doors, while house 6 is similar to house 2 but has its own stack at the north end. The doorways and the ground and first-floor windows have segmental heads, with all windows being horizontal sliding sashes. The ground and first-floor windows have six panes by four panes, while the second-floor windows have six panes by three panes. House 2 retains its original door and windows, while house 6 had its windows replaced in the early 20th century and house 4 in the late 20th century. The doors of houses 2 and 4 feature four flush bead moulded panels, while house 6 has six fielded panels. Each house has an angled glazed cellar light below the windows that opens onto the pavement.
The south end elevation has a ground floor that is now rendered, with a blocked window recess. The first floor features an early 20th-century central window similar to those on the front, with four panes by three panes. The rear elevation to the west includes a two-storey addition for each house, constructed of rendered brick with slate roofs. The outer pair, houses 2 and 6, have hipped roofs, while house 4 has a lean-to with casement windows that include glazing bars. The first floor of houses 2 and 4 has two-light windows with four panes by three panes, and house 6 has a pair of two-light casements, each with two panes by two panes. The ground floor of house 4 features a stable-type door and an adjacent casement window. Above the eaves of the street range, houses 2 and 4 each have a pair of simple 20th-century casement windows.
Local climate
2, 4 and 6, Museum Street 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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 0.4°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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