2, Market Street is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1972. House, shop. 4 related planning applications.

2, Market Street

WRENN ID
scattered-pilaster-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 November 1972
Type
House, shop
Address
2, Market Street, Saffron Walden, CB10 1HZ
OS grid reference
TL 539 384
Coordinates
52.02339, 0.24194
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 2 Market Street is a house and shop dating from the early to mid 19th century, likely originally built as a residence. The building features stuccoed brickwork with ashlar detailing and a slate roof, along with gault brick stacks. It has a rectangular plan, with a street-facing range and a 19th-century rear lean-to. The structure stands three storeys tall.

The west elevation has three bays, with a central doorway accessed by steps. This doorway is framed by stucco moulded pilasters and a frieze decorated with rosettes, featuring a segment-headed design with a keystone, an overlight, and a 20th-century glazed door. To the north, there is a lesser recessed doorway with a keystone that aligns with a string course between the floors, an overlight, and a 19th-century four-panelled door, where the lower panels are moulded and the upper ones are now glazed. To the south of the centre, there is a window (currently used for the shop) with a keystone and a single vertical glazing bar.

On the first floor, there are plain sash windows that are recessed and topped with cornice hoods and consoles. The second floor features segment-headed windows with plain sashes. The roof has deep eaves supported by shaped brackets and kneelers, with ridge stacks located at the gables.

The east elevation at the rear is constructed of brown brick and has a single central sash window on both the first and second floors. There is a slated lean-to that adjoins a small two-storey gault brick addition at the northern end. To the east of this addition, there is a slender gault brick stack and another small lean-to with a monopitch roof.

Local climate

2, Market 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • 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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