2, 4 and 6, Freshwell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1972. House. 1 related planning application.

2, 4 and 6, Freshwell Street

WRENN ID
deep-portal-vermeil
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
2, 4 and 6, Freshwell Street, Saffron Walden, CB10 1BY
OS grid reference
TL 535 386
Coordinates
52.02499, 0.23642
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 2, 4, and 6 Freshwell Street is a terraced row of houses built around 1850. The houses feature red brick walls and stacks, topped with a peg-tiled roof. They are arranged in a rectangular plan and stand two storeys high.

The front southeast elevation has a six-window range, with Nos. 4 and 6 sharing a stack. The doors are located in the outer bays, while No. 2 is similar to No. 4 but has its own stack. The windows have deep reveals and are sashes with glazing bars, featuring three by four panes, with some old glass still present. The doors have overlights, with No. 6 having a 19th-century door with four flush beaded panels, while Nos. 2 and 4 have 20th-century doors with six panels each.

The rear northwest elevation is similar to the front, also displaying six windows and a three-door range. Some windows have been replaced with 20th-century casements. Each house on the ground floor retains one original two-light casement window with glazing bars, featuring two by two panes, along with an additional smaller fixed casement from the 20th century. On the first floor, Nos. 4 and 6 have a 19th-century two-light casement similar to the ground floor, while the rest are 20th-century replacements, consisting of single-light casements, with one at No. 2 being larger than the others. The end elevations are plain.

Local climate

2, 4 and 6, Freshwell 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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