73, 75, 77, 79 and 81, Langley Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. House. 1 related planning application.

73, 75, 77, 79 and 81, Langley Hill

WRENN ID
over-sandstone-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dacorum
Constituency
South West Hertfordshire MP: Mr Gagan Mohindra (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1986
Type
House
Address
73, 75, 77, 79 and 81, Langley Hill, Kings Langley, WD4 9HQ
OS grid reference
TL 066 026
Coordinates
51.71211, -0.45786
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 73, 75, 77, 79, and 81 Langley Hill is a house that has been divided into five separate homes. It dates back to the 16th century and features a brick front with a rear extension and internal divisions added in the early 19th century. The building has a timber frame that is roughcast, with exposed timbers in the south and rear gables. The front is made of plum brick, which is patterned with vertical stripes and has window surrounds made of gault brick. The ground floor has stone haunched lintels with raised keystones. The house at No. 81 has a painted front. The roof is steep and covered with old red tiles.

The structure is a long two-storey building facing south, with short gabled rear wings at each end and a later parallel-roofed rear extension in between. The arrangement consists of four single-fronted houses and a double-fronted house at the west end. The eaves have a wide soffit. The sash windows have 4/8 panes on the first floor and 8/8 panes on the ground floor. The roof features clasped purlins with diminished principals, a collar, and rectangular framing.

Inside, there are jowled posts and curved braces supporting the tie-beams. Old chimneys are located at the west gable of No. 81 and between Nos. 73 and 75. The roof contains wattle and daub infill panels, and sooted rafters have been noted over the west end.

Local climate

73, 75, 77, 79 and 81, Langley Hill 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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