2-4, Bridge Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1949. House. 1 related planning application.

2-4, Bridge Street

WRENN ID
grey-wall-jay
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
2-4, Bridge Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2JY
OS grid reference
TL 487 213
Coordinates
51.87122, 0.15936
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 2 and 4 Bridge Street are early 17th century buildings constructed with painted roughcast and brick over a timber frame, topped with an old red tile roof. The buildings rise three storeys and feature four windows. The north front facing the street has a slightly jettied first floor with three modern oriel windows and four second floor gables with modern casement windows. The ground floor has modern shop fronts. The west front, which faces Palmers Lane, includes a central gable. Inside, there are some exposed oak beams with chamfered stops.

Local climate

2-4, Bridge Street 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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