Village Lock Up Immediately North West of Number 87 is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Workshop.
Village Lock Up Immediately North West of Number 87
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Workshop
- Address
- Village Lock Up Immediately North West of Number 87, High Street, Watton-At-Stone
- OS grid reference
- TL 301 193
- Coordinates
- 51.85762, -0.11173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a former lock up, now serving as a workshop or shed for number 87 High Street in Watton-at-Stone. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of stock brick with a slate roof. The structure is a small rectangular chamber that has a smaller room added to the rear later in the 19th century, which was used as a constable's office at the front and contained two cells. The original door facing the road has been blocked and features a chamfered surround with a slightly cambered head, along with kneelers to the coped gable parapet. The current entrance is located on the right side of the building. This lock up is included for its group value with nearby structures.
Local climate
Village Lock Up Immediately North West of Number 87 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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