The Priory is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. A Medieval House. 1 related planning application.
The Priory
- WRENN ID
- odd-landing-woodpecker
- 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
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Priory, 38, Town Street, Thaxted, CM6 2LA
- OS grid reference
- TL 611 309
- Coordinates
- 51.95403, 0.34365
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Priory is a late 14th century house of high quality, with alterations and a facade from the 18th century. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a roof of grey slate and red plain tiles. The building has three storeys and features a three-window range of double hung vertical sliding sashes with glazing bars. The first floor windows have side lights, and there is a central door at the first floor with a moulded segmental head. A balcony with iron balustrading is located above the ground floor bow windows. The ground floor doors have flat hoods supported by brackets and pilasters, and the door at the north west end is an 18th-century six-panel design. The building has a modillioned eaves cornice. Inside, much of the original frame remains, including jowled storey posts, cambered tie beams, and a four braced crown post roof. There are also extensive wall paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Local climate
The Priory 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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