31 and 32 is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. House. 3 related planning applications.
31 and 32
- WRENN ID
- odd-brass-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- 31 and 32, Little Gaddesden, HP4 1PF
- OS grid reference
- SP 992 133
- Coordinates
- 51.81004, -0.56108
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century house, or possibly earlier. It's built of red and blue bricks laid in a distinctive pattern. The roof is steeply pitched and tiled, with a half-hipped western end. The house has one-and-a-half stories and originally had three rooms facing south, with the west end of the house facing the road. A large internal chimney is located a third of the way from the north end, with two diagonally set square shafts. A similar chimney is found on the south side, serving the western part of the house. There are three windows on the south front of the house, with a small gabled dormer in the roof above the middle window. A door is located in the eastern part of the building. The windows are flush casements with leaded glazing; one window is a two-light design with an old iron casement. A matching wing was added in the 20th century on the northeast side, with a lateral chimney. Historical records suggest this might have been a 17th-century hall house (according to Senar, 1983, page 91).
Local climate
31 and 32 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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