2, Bluecoat Yard is a Grade II* listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. Residential. 4 related planning applications.
2, Bluecoat Yard
- WRENN ID
- stark-outpost-dust
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 2, Bluecoat Yard, Ware, SG12 9HL
- OS grid reference
- TL 359 143
- Coordinates
- 51.81127, -0.03002
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
House, dating from the 17th century. The house is timber-framed and now rendered with pebbledashing and colourwashing, with an old tiled roof featuring two gabled dormers. It is two storeys high with attics. On the ground and first floors, there are two windows with three lights and glazing bars. A central door is set within a moulded architrave. The eaves are finished with a coved plaster cornice. This building differs from those that existed before Christ’s Hospital acquired Bluecoat Yard in 1685, including the Old Stables and No.1, and the “nurse cottages” (Nos 3-12). The house has a comparatively wide frontage and is only one room deep, although its general appearance resembles Nos 3-12, suggesting that an existing structure was remodelled to create a unified look.
Local climate
2, Bluecoat Yard 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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