Stead and Simpson Ashwell and Chambers is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Commercial. 1 related planning application.
Stead and Simpson Ashwell and Chambers
- WRENN ID
- twisted-attic-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- Stead and Simpson Ashwell and Chambers, 32-34, North Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2LW
- OS grid reference
- TL 487 215
- Coordinates
- 51.8725, 0.15863
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 32 and 34, known as Stead and Simpson Ashwell and Chambers, are early 19th-century buildings made of yellow stock brick with a slate hipped roof. They stand three storeys tall and feature three large triple-hung windows on the first and second floors, each with rubbed brick lintels. The shop front at No 34 dates from the late 19th century, while there are also modern shop fronts present. At the rear, there is a weatherboarded extension with old red tiles. These buildings are included for their group value.
Local climate
Stead and Simpson Ashwell and Chambers 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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