12, Watling Street is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. House. 1 related planning application.

12, Watling Street

WRENN ID
ancient-string-moth
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
Address
12, Watling Street, Thaxted, CM6 2PE
OS grid reference
TL 611 310
Coordinates
51.95451, 0.34323
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

No. 12 Watling Street is a building from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century. It features a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a red plain tile roof that is hipped at the southeast end. The building has two storeys and cellars, with a four-window range that includes double hung vertical sliding sashes with glazing bars. There is a plaster carved eaves cornice, and the doorway is adorned with a moulded cornice and a six-panel door. At the north end, there is a 19th-century shopfront that includes a moulded canopy.

Local climate

12, Watling Street 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 14, Watling Street Grade II 8 m
  2. 10, Watling Street Grade II 16 m
  3. 16, Watling Street Grade II* 18 m
  4. 6 and 8, Watling Street Grade II 27 m
  5. 11, Watling Street Grade II 32 m
  6. Post Office Grade II 33 m
  7. 4, Watling Street Grade II 38 m
  8. 5 and 9, Watling Street Grade II 40 m
  9. 2, Watling Street Grade II 49 m
  10. House to East of Churchyard and Facing South East Corner of Church of St John the Baptist Grade II 53 m