Steps 80 Metres East of Audley End House is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1972. Steps.

Steps 80 Metres East of Audley End House

WRENN ID
hushed-thatch-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 November 1972
Type
Steps
OS grid reference
TL 525 381
Coordinates
52.02081, 0.22228
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Steps leading up to the peripheral ha-ha bank of the garden on the central axis of Audley End House. These steps date from the late 18th century and are made of stone. They are 3.25 meters wide and consist of 11 steps, arranged in two groups of 6 and 5, with a wider landing in between. The steps have simple side walls with coping and feature two terracotta lions at the top, one on each side, positioned on dwarf piers.

Local climate

Steps 80 Metres East of Audley End House 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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