Labour in Vain is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1985. Former public house. 2 related planning applications.
Labour in Vain
- WRENN ID
- gilded-remnant-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1985
- Type
- Former public house
- Address
- Labour in Vain, Church End, Albury, SG11 2JG
- OS grid reference
- TL 433 246
- Coordinates
- 51.90223, 0.08259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Labour in Vain is a late 17th century former public house. It has a timber-framed structure that is clad in brick and features a tiled roof. The building is two storeys high and includes two-light casement windows and a gable chimney stack. There is a later wing at the rear, along with some modern additions.
Local climate
Labour in Vain sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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