40, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1972. Shop and offices. 1 related planning application.

40, High Street

WRENN ID
weathered-sill-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 November 1972
Type
Shop and offices
Address
40, High Street, Saffron Walden, CB10 1AF
OS grid reference
TL 537 384
Coordinates
52.02275, 0.23912
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 19th century shop and offices. The building is timber-framed and rendered, with a gabled roof covered in plain tiles. The front elevation features a plain parapet and a moulded plaster cornice. On the first floor are two double-hung sash windows, each with a moulded surround and a single central vertical glazing bar. The ground floor has a 19th-century shopfront, including a fascia, consoles, and enclosing panelled pilasters. A pair of these pilasters frame a separate door, which leads to the first floor and features a rectangular fanlight.

Local climate

40, 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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