5 and 7, Lower Street is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1976. Houses. 4 related planning applications.
5 and 7, Lower Street
- WRENN ID
- final-ember-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1976
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 5 and 7, Lower Street, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8LN
- OS grid reference
- TL 514 249
- Coordinates
- 51.90253, 0.19947
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
5 and 7 Lower Street are a pair of mid-19th century red brick houses located in Stansted Mountfitchet. They are two storeys high and feature a two-window range with double-hung sash windows that have glazing bars, set in plain reveals. At the south end of the building, there is a small former shop window from the 19th century. The houses have two doorways and a passageway, and their roofs are covered with slate. These buildings are included in the listing for their group value.
Local climate
5 and 7, Lower 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 0.3°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 2003
- 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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