Goddards Electrical is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1972. Former houses, shop. 2 related planning applications.

Goddards Electrical

WRENN ID
sharp-landing-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 November 1972
Type
Former houses, shop
Address
Goddards Electrical, 56, 58 and 60, High Street, Saffron Walden
OS grid reference
TL 537 383
Coordinates
52.0222, 0.23957
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Goddards Electrical is a former row of houses now serving as a shop, dating from the late 16th century. The building is timber-framed and rendered, featuring 20th-century pargetted panels. It has a gabled slate roof with a chimney on the south gable end and stands two storeys tall, though the roof is asymmetrical at the south end, extending over part of the attic.

The front elevation includes six double-hung sash windows on the first floor, each with moulded surrounds; three of these have six panes and three have nine panes. The ground floor features three 20th-century plate glass shopfronts, each with a recessed entrance, along with one 12-paned double-hung sash window. At the rear, there is a lean-to roof of slate on the southern part, which is made of red Flemish bond brickwork with blue headers and a mix of windows. A 20th-century extension is located at the rear of the northern end. The building retains elements of its late 16th-century origins, including some jowled posts and curved windbracing that are exposed on the upper floor.

Local climate

Goddards Electrical 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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