Numbers 1a, (Fields) and 1b (The Book Centre) is a Grade II listed building in the Broxbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1983. Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.
Numbers 1a, (Fields) and 1b (The Book Centre)
- WRENN ID
- slow-step-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broxbourne
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1983
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- Numbers 1a, (Fields) and 1b (The Book Centre), Brocket Road, EN11 8PA
- OS grid reference
- TL 372 086
- Coordinates
- 51.75929, -0.0125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 1A (Fields) and 1B (The Book Centre) are buildings from the 1820s located on Brocket Road in Hoddesdon. They feature a three-window range and are constructed with roughcast. The buildings have a low slate roof and are two storeys high. The original central door is half glazed and has echinus-moulded panels, topped with a flat hood supported by double-console brackets. On the first floor, there are 6/6-pane sash windows set in moulded surrounds. The buildings also have flat eaves that rest on curved brackets. They are included in the listing for their group value.
Local climate
Numbers 1a, (Fields) and 1b (The Book Centre) 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 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 applications
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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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