South Range of Former Malthouses at Junction with South Street (Hopper Engineering) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1949. Malthouse. 2 related planning applications.

South Range of Former Malthouses at Junction with South Street (Hopper Engineering)

WRENN ID
tangled-hinge-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1949
Type
Malthouse
Address
South Range of Former Malthouses at Junction with South Street (Hopper Engineering), Southmill Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3DH
OS grid reference
TL 491 206
Coordinates
51.86436, 0.16412
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The south range of the former malthouses, located at the junction with South Street and known as Hopper Engineering, was built in 1856. It features red brick construction with a weatherboarded west end and a slate roof. The building stands three storeys tall and has blank, round-headed arcading consisting of 10 bays on its side walls. There is an overhanging sack hoist and three sash windows on the west side, along with two flat top ventilators towards the east.

Local climate

South Range of Former Malthouses at Junction with South Street (Hopper Engineering) 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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