25, Old Cross is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1973. House, shop. 7 related planning applications.

25, Old Cross

WRENN ID
forgotten-oriel-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 April 1973
Type
House, shop
Address
25, Old Cross, Hertford, SG14 1RE
OS grid reference
TL 324 127
Coordinates
51.79761, -0.08088
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

25 Old Cross is a house that now functions as both a residence and a shop. It dates from the mid-18th century and has been altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of red brick, although the front is currently covered with stucco and painted. It features a steeply pitched roof that is now covered with Welsh slate, and there is a wooden modillion cornice along the eaves, with red brick chimneystacks on either side. The layout includes a central staircase.

The exterior has two storeys. On the first floor, there are three recessed 16-pane sash windows with concealed boxes, each set beneath shallow segmental arches. A plat band runs at the first-floor level. The ground floor features a single sash window on the right, a central recessed 19th-century door with four panels and a margin-glazed fanlight above, and a 20th-century multi-pane shop window on the left with a fascia board above. At the rear, there is a two-storey outshoot made of yellow brick, also with a Welsh slated roof. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

25, Old Cross 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 88% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • Radon risk assessment
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