1,3 and 5, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Houses. 9 related planning applications.
1,3 and 5, High Street
- WRENN ID
- lesser-pediment-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- South West Hertfordshire MP: Mr Gagan Mohindra (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 1,3 and 5, High Street, Kings Langley
- OS grid reference
- TL 071 028
- Coordinates
- 51.71397, -0.45024
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 1, 3, and 5 High Street comprise three houses, with Nos. 1 and 5 now used as commercial premises. The building likely dates back to the 17th century or earlier, with a northern wing of No. 1 being added in the early 18th century. It is timber-framed with a brick nogged rear, and the front is cased in red brick, with the northern wing also constructed of brick. The roofs are covered with steep old red tiles, and the northern wing has a hipped roof. The building forms a long, low, L-shaped block, with the northern wing extending eastwards toward The Nap.
The front, facing west, has two storeys and six windows. Each house has two windows. No. 1, at the northern end, has a recessed sash window with six-over-six panes, plastered reveals, and a segmental arch on the left-hand side (and on the north side) at the first floor. It also has an early 18th-century three-light mullioned window with a plate casement on the fill. A half-glazed door sits between two 19th-century shop windows with glazing bars and fascias. No. 3 has three-light wooden casement windows on the first floor, with a segmental arch adjacent to the six-panel door, which is divided into two flush, two moulded and two glazed panels. No. 5 has two three-light wooden casements on the first floor, and a shopfront featuring two shallow, bow windows with glazing bars flanking glazed double doors, all under a continuous fascia.
The interior of No. 1 reveals an exposed timber-framed partition, and each house has chamfered axial beams. The building occupies a prominent corner location at the start of High Street. It is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
1,3 and 5, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- 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
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