The Sack House is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. A C14 House. 2 related planning applications.

The Sack House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 August 1985
Type
House
Address
The Sack House, Broad Street, Hatfield Broad Oak, CM22 7JA
OS grid reference
TL 549 164
Coordinates
51.82521, 0.24723
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Sack House is a 14th-century timber-framed house that is plastered and features external imitation timber framing arranged in square panels. The roof is hipped at both ends and covered with peg tiles, featuring an off-centre ridge line and a small stack. The building has one storey and attics, with a later extension added to the rear of the northwest end. Remnants of a former aisled building can still be seen, including jowled arcade posts with passing braces and a splayed scarf joint with undersquinted abutments. A notable feature is a chamfered spine beam that is supported by an octagonal Samson post.

Local climate

The Sack House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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