38, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. House.

38, High Street

WRENN ID
outer-brass-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
House
Address
38, High Street, Buntingford
OS grid reference
TL 362 295
Coordinates
51.94783, -0.01952
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 38 High Street is a house that has been converted into a shop. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of yellow brick with stucco floor bands. The northern gable facing Church Street has similar brickwork that was exposed due to demolition. The rear parts are covered in white weatherboarding, and the building has slate roofs.

This tall three-storey townhouse faces west and has a double-pile plan with a central entrance and an internal gable chimney at the north end. The symmetrical front is three windows wide, featuring box eaves and bands. The second-floor windows are square, while the first-floor windows are deeper and the ground floor windows are wider, all separated by stucco bands. The windows are recessed sash types with margin lights, plastered reveals, and flat gauged arches. There is a low stucco plinth at the base.

The entrance consists of a recessed half-glazed panelled door set in panelled reveals. It is adorned with bi-symmetrical mouldings on the pilasters, a full entablature, and a flat hood supported by cut brackets.

Local climate

38, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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