Bishops is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. A Victorian House. 5 related planning applications.
Bishops
- WRENN ID
- secret-lancet-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- House
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Bishops, High Street, Widdington, CB11 3SQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 538 314
- Coordinates
- 51.96003, 0.23746
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishops is a house built in 1843 by Frances Smith, who demolished a 16th-century house previously on the site. The house was intended as a summer residence, with rooms designed to face north. The exterior is stuccoed, featuring rusticated quoins and a moulded band between the floors. It is two storeys and attics, with a three-window front. The upper floor has double-hung sashes with glazing bars and a square label mould above each window. The ground floor features four small canted bays with casement windows. The roof is tiled, with three flat-headed dormers and two central chimneys.
Local climate
Bishops 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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