Norfolk House and Attached Wall to South Rear Garden Wall of Number 6 Rear Garden Wall of Number 7 is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1972. A C19 House.
Norfolk House and Attached Wall to South Rear Garden Wall of Number 6 Rear Garden Wall of Number 7
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-clay-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 November 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- Norfolk House and Attached Wall to South Rear Garden Wall of Number 6 Rear Garden Wall of Number 7, Myddylton Place, Saffron Walden, CB10 1BB
- OS grid reference
- TL 535 385
- Coordinates
- 52.02452, 0.23724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Norfolk House, built in 1848, is a house located on the west side of High Street in Saffron Walden. It is constructed of painted gault brick and features a pyramid slate roof with two rectangular gault brick chimney stacks. The house has three storeys and cellars.
The front elevation showcases a second floor with four small 6-paned double-hung sash windows that have stone sills. The first floor contains four 12-paned double-hung sash windows, which have later louvred shutters, and all the windows are topped with flat arches. On the ground floor, there is a door leading to a yard passage with four flush panels, two similar double-hung sash windows, and two cellar lights. The entrance door features a semicircular arch and a fanlight with narrow vertical arch topped strips, along with four moulded panels and three stone steps that include one bootscraper.
The south flank of the house is exposed and includes three blind semicircular arched recesses with moulded surrounds, a moulded storey band, and a plaque that reads "AD 1848". The rear elevation is made of red Flemish bond brickwork with blue headers and has three square windows on the second floor. The first floor features two 12-paned double-hung sash windows and a central door with a stone balcony slab and wrought-iron balcony railing. The back door consists of six flush panels and a horizontal rectangular fanlight with a cross glazing pattern. On the ground floor, there is one 16-paned double-hung sash window and a small paned horizontal sliding window.
Inside, there is a central hall that leads to a well, with stairs against the rear wall supported by columns, newels, and stick balusters. The front windows are fitted with internal folding shutters. The interior includes a complete panelled door in moulded architraves, a cupboard on the ground floor with a hexagonal glass pane in the centre, and a fireplace with an egg-and-dart surround.
Additionally, there is a garden boundary wall to the south, constructed of red Flemish bond brickwork with blue/grey headers.
Local climate
Norfolk House and Attached Wall to South Rear Garden Wall of Number 6 Rear Garden Wall of Number 7 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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