53, London Road is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1981. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.
53, London Road
- WRENN ID
- stony-wall-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- 53, London Road, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9JH
- OS grid reference
- TL 481 148
- Coordinates
- 51.81307, 0.14722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 18th-century, three-story house with two windows, originally plastered. It has a steep, old tile roof that is hipped and bellcast, along with a large lateral stack at the rear. In the early 19th century, a two-story, slate-roofed lean-to extension was added to the rear, featuring sash windows. The front facade is asymmetrical, with a door and narrower windows on the right side. The windows are flush, boxed sashes, containing either 4/8, 3/6 panes, a 16-pane fixed light, or a 6/6 pane arrangement. There are two stone steps leading up to a five-panel door, with an elongated top panel glazed. The door is surrounded by wooden molding with a flat hood, molded bases to tapered pilasters, flattened consoles, and a full entablature where the frieze projects forward over the consoles. A small shop front, complete with brackets, fascia, and a green glazed brick surround, is also present. The building occupies a prominent location at a junction.
Local climate
53, London Road 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 12 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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