High Trees is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. House.

High Trees

WRENN ID
rusted-balcony-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1985
Type
House
Address
High Trees, Actons Lane, High Wych
OS grid reference
TL 438 148
Coordinates
51.81417, 0.08516
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Trees is a house dating from the 17th century or early 18th century. It is a small thatched building with one and a half storeys and two windows along the front, which faces south. The house features a timber frame that is plastered over a low tarred plinth. The gabled roof has a decorative ridge and a central chimney made of red brick. The entrance is located at the left-hand corner of the building. The windows are 19th-century wooden casements with two lights that are divided horizontally, and there are similar gable windows on the upper floor.

Local climate

High Trees sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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