Shirley is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. House.
Shirley
- WRENN ID
- rooted-courtyard-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Shirley, 28, Town Street, Thaxted, CM6 2LA
- OS grid reference
- TL 611 309
- Coordinates
- 51.95375, 0.34406
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shirley is an 18th-century house that has undergone some alterations in the 19th century. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a grey slate roof. The building has two storeys and features a two-window range with double hung vertical sliding sashes that include glazing bars. The eaves cornice is paired and modillioned. The entrance is accentuated by a flat hood supported by consoles and pilasters, which is complemented by a rectangular fanlight above.
Local climate
Shirley sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
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