Swifts is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. House.
Swifts
- WRENN ID
- tilted-rood-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Swifts, High Street, Much Hadham
- OS grid reference
- TL 428 195
- Coordinates
- 51.85637, 0.07262
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swifts is a house dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of yellow stock brick and features a hipped slate roof. The building has two storeys and is designed with two windows on the upper floor, which are 6/6 sashes, positioned further apart than the pair of close-together 6/6 sash windows on the ground floor. A modern door is located on the right side of the house. This property is included for its group value.
Local climate
Swifts 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2020
- No related consent applications matched
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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