81, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. House.
81, High Street
- WRENN ID
- winding-floor-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- 81, High Street, Buntingford, SG9 9AE
- OS grid reference
- TL 361 296
- Coordinates
- 51.94877, -0.02049
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 81 High Street is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with an 18th-century front. It features a timber frame that is roughcast, topped with steep old red tile roofs. The house is a small two-storey L-plan structure, with a carriageway through the northern part and a southwest rear wing. The layout includes a lobby-entry and a central chimney, with stairs located at the rear of the stack. There is an internal west gables chimney in the rear wing.
The front of the house has a moulded wooden eaves cornice, two windows on the upper floor, and one window to the left of the central door. On the left-hand side, there is a two-storey projecting bay window with sash windows and canted corner-lights. Above the carriageway, there is a similar oriel window with a coved base and small brackets supporting the lintel. The entrance features a six-panel raised and fielded door with a step, a moulded surround, and a dentilled open pediment on brackets.
Local climate
81, High Street 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
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