Solomans Pightle is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. House. 1 related planning application.

Solomans Pightle

WRENN ID
old-grate-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1984
Type
House
Address
Solomans Pightle, 28, 30 and 32, Benington Road, Aston, SG2 7DY
OS grid reference
TL 275 227
Coordinates
51.88872, -0.14802
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Solomans Pightle is a late 17th or early 18th century house, originally built as a single dwelling, and later divided into three separate houses within a single block. The building is timber-framed with plaster pargetting and has steep roofs covered in old red tiles. A catslide roof extends over the rear outshut at numbers 28 and 30, while the rear slope at number 32 is heightened and covered in slates. Two red brick chimneys are visible; the one at number 30 is the older.

The building originally comprised three rooms arranged in a row, facing south, with a central lobby entry to number 30, positioned centrally behind a chimney. There are six windows along the front facade. The windows are flush casements, containing small panes of glass, with some being two-light and others three-light. A weatherboarded lean-to porch fronts number 30, and a boarded door leads to number 32, which is linked to a single-storey building to the front. The rear of number 32 was altered in the 19th century.

Local climate

Solomans Pightle sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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