Ash is a Grade II* listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1973. Medieval house.
Ash
- WRENN ID
- spare-buttress-weasel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 May 1973
- Type
- Medieval house
- Address
- Ash, Berkhamsted Place, HP4 1HQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 990 087
- Coordinates
- 51.76832, -0.56538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ash is a Grade II* listed building that was formerly part of Berkhamsted Place. The larger part of Berkhamsted Place, which has since been demolished, was located to the south. The building features whitewashed brick with a rubble base and is believed to have an Anglo-Saxon core dating back to the medieval period, making it likely the site where William I received the submission of the Saxon thegns. It is two storeys high and has sash and casement windows, along with a tiled hipped roof. The southern section of the building fills the space between the medieval house and the main part of Berkhamsted Place, of which a fragment of the north-west chequerboard flint and ashlar front remains.
Local climate
Ash sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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