Entrance Arch of Numbers 56, 58 and 60 is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1994. Entrance arch. 1 related planning application.
Entrance Arch of Numbers 56, 58 and 60
- WRENN ID
- other-turret-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1994
- Type
- Entrance arch
- Address
- Entrance Arch of Numbers 56, 58 and 60, High Street, Saffron Walden
- OS grid reference
- TL 537 383
- Coordinates
- 52.02202, 0.23952
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance arch located north of Numbers 56, 58, and 60 on High Street in Saffron Walden is an early 19th-century structure made of stucco. It features an archway on the street front that provides access to a passage leading to buildings at the back. The arch is supported by plain piers and has a segmental arch adorned with vermiculated rusticated voussoirs. Above the arch, there is an attic section decorated with honeysuckle motifs on either side of a central panel. The entrance is accessed by three granite steps, which include a cast-iron bootscraper.
Local climate
Entrance Arch of Numbers 56, 58 and 60 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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