25 25a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. House, shop. 3 related planning applications.

25 25a, High Street

WRENN ID
vast-spire-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1950
Type
House, shop
Address
25 25a, High Street, Ware, SG12 9BP
OS grid reference
TL 358 142
Coordinates
51.8104, -0.03014
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

25 and 25A High Street are two buildings that were originally part of No. 27. The structure, which is now a ground floor shop with a flat above (No. 25A), dates back to the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The left block is three storeys tall, constructed of timber framing, and is finished with stucco that has masonry lining. It features a moulded cornice and a parapet that conceals a Welsh slated roof. The early 19th-century front has plat bands at the floor levels, with two sash windows that have glazing bars: a triple-light on the first floor and a single-light on the second floor, all set in reveals.

The right wing is two storeys, also timber-framed and stucco faced, with an eaves cornice supported by consoles and an old tiled roof edged with Welsh slate. The first floor has a sash window with glazing bars set in a reveal. The ground floor has a much-altered 19th-century shopfront that projects forward of the main block and is recessed below a jetty on the right. At the far right is the entrance to No. 25A, which occupies the two upper floors. The rear elevation features painted weatherboarded upper floors, with a projecting double-sashed oriel window on the second floor beneath a Welsh slated roof. There is also a rear outshoot that is partly timber-framed, with an old tiled roof and a Welsh slated lean-to.

Local climate

25 25a, High Street 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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