The Saffron Hotel (Part) is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1951. Hotel. 1 related planning application.
The Saffron Hotel (Part)
- WRENN ID
- long-soffit-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1951
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- The Saffron Hotel (Part), 12, High Street, Saffron Walden, CB10 1AZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 536 385
- Coordinates
- 52.02392, 0.23842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Saffron Hotel, part of a former house, dates from the early 19th century and possibly earlier. It features a timber-framed and rendered structure with a slate roof, while the rear range has a clay plain tile half-hipped roof that is set at right angles. The building stands two storeys high with attics. The front facade includes two 20th-century dormers with small panes, a painted timber moulded cornice, and a full-height canted bay window made up of double-hung sash windows, each with one central vertical glazing bar. There is a rendered string band at the height of the first floor, with one double-hung sash window on each floor, also featuring a central vertical glazing bar. The entrance boasts a Doric pedimented doorcase and a six-panelled door, along with a high plinth, two steps, and two cellar openings. The rear range has a red brick stack and one flat-roofed dormer that overlooks the yard.
Local climate
The Saffron Hotel (Part) 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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