81, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1982. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
81, High Street
- WRENN ID
- roaming-railing-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1982
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 81, High Street, Saffron Walden
- OS grid reference
- TL 537 381
- Coordinates
- 52.02014, 0.2395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 81 High Street is a building that dates back to around 1800 and was originally two cottages, now converted into a house. It features a peg-tiled roof and has been colourwashed in brick. The building has a rectangular plan and stands two storeys tall with a high semi-basement.
The front (south) elevation includes a doorway that was originally set under a wide segmental arch, although one side of the arch is now blocked. The entrance is approached by a double flight of stone steps and has a door with four flush panels. There are two ranges of windows on both the ground and first floors, each with wedge lintels that have been painted. The windows are sliding sashes with glazing bars, arranged in a 4x3 pane configuration. On either side of the steps, there is a 3x3 paned casement window, and to the west, there is a boarded door leading to the basement area. The east and west end elevations are blank, while the rear of the building features a two-storey integral lean-to.
Local climate
81, High 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- 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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