Axe and Compasses Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Inn. 4 related planning applications.
Axe and Compasses Inn
- WRENN ID
- mired-spindle-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Axe and Compasses Inn, the Village, Arkesden, CB11 4EX
- OS grid reference
- TL 483 344
- Coordinates
- 51.98834, 0.15858
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Axe and Compasses Inn is a timber-framed building constructed around 1700, which was later refronted in red brick during the 18th century or early 19th century. It has one storey and attics, featuring two small ground floor bay windows with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars. The roof is thatched and has end chimney stacks along with two dormers. To the west, there is a 19th-century addition that has a slate roof.
Local climate
Axe and Compasses Inn 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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