Midland Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1951. Bank. 11 related planning applications.

Midland Bank

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1951
Type
Bank
Address
Midland Bank, 10, Market Place, Saffron Walden, CB10 1JX
OS grid reference
TL 538 385
Coordinates
52.02402, 0.24162
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Midland Bank, originally a house, is a building from the 18th century with early 19th-century additions and 20th-century refurbishment and internal alterations. It features a red brick exterior and a peg and clay tile roof, with an L-shaped plan and two storeys plus attics.

The front elevation facing west has three windows and a central doorway with a dentilled pediment from the 18th century. The doorcase is fielded panelled, and the door itself is a 20th-century design with six fielded panels. To the north, there is an adjacent sash window with a moulded architrave and three panes by four panes. Above, on the first floor, are two similar sash windows. To the south of the centre, there is a 19th-century canted bay window that spans two storeys, featuring sash windows with glazing bars in configurations of two by four panes, four by four panes, and two by four panes. The bay window is topped with a modillioned eaves cornice. There are also two 20th-century flat-roofed dormer windows, each containing three casements with glazing bars in six by two panes. A 19th-century red brick ridge stack is located at the north end.

The east rear elevation shows two parallel blocks, with the street range being higher and longer than the 19th-century addition, both of which are rendered. The addition includes a 19th-century central ground floor canted bay window with a stepped architrave and keystones, along with fret incised window jambs and a flat roof. The windows here have glazing bars in configurations of two by four panes, six by four panes, and two by four panes. On the first floor, there is one sash window with four by four panes and two with three by three panes. A 20th-century dormer window features four lights with glazing bars in eight by two panes. The street range extends at the north end, showcasing ground and first-floor casement windows with three by two panes. The interior has been refitted in the 20th century.

Local climate

Midland Bank 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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