Gilpin House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. A C17 House.

Gilpin House

WRENN ID
outer-bastion-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
House
Address
Gilpin House, 78, High Street, Buntingford
OS grid reference
TL 361 297
Coordinates
51.94931, -0.02059
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gilpin House is a house dating from the late 17th century with a front built in the 18th century. The structure features a timber frame that is roughcast, with a red brick front that includes some blue headers, and a stucco plinth and floor band. It has a steep old red tile roof and is designed in a two-storey, end-chimney plan, facing west. The front is asymmetrical, with three windows on each floor and a door located beside the right-hand window. The windows are flush box sash types, with the sashes renewed to have 2/2 panes and segmental arches above each window on both floors. The entrance features a six-panel raised and fielded door, with the top two panels glazed, set back within a moulded frame and surround. Above the door is a moulded flat hood supported by shaped brackets.

Local climate

Gilpin House 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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