Kingswood is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1949. House. 6 related planning applications.

Kingswood

WRENN ID
eastward-timber-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1949
Type
House
Address
Kingswood, 14, North Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2LQ
OS grid reference
TL 487 214
Coordinates
51.87174, 0.15887
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kingswood, located at No. 14 on North Street, is an early 19th-century building constructed from yellow stock brick, with a white painted stone and brick ground floor added around 1870. It stands three storeys tall and features a symmetrical five-window layout. The first and second floors showcase original sash windows with rubbed brick lintels, with the central windows spaced apart from the pairs on either side. The ground floor has a similar window spacing. The building exhibits a vigorous Venetian Gothic style, characterized by segmental, moulded arches for the windows and doors, as well as foliage and fruit carved imposts. It has a battered plinth. The rear elevation is made of early 19th-century red brick and includes a shallow bow with a triple-hung sash window on the north side and a pedimented centre on the third storey.

Local climate

Kingswood 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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