38, Knight Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1952. House. 1 related planning application.
38, Knight Street
- WRENN ID
- former-rafter-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- 38, Knight Street, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9AX
- OS grid reference
- TL 483 148
- Coordinates
- 51.81276, 0.15093
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 38 on Knight Street is a 16th-century timber-framed building that features an exposed structure beneath a steep old red tile roof. It is two stories high and has a gabled facade facing the street, with the upper floor jettied out. The building has recently been restored, but photographs confirm its original arrangement, which includes close studding on both floors and the gable, tension braces halved over the outside of the studs on the first floor, and a heavy cill above a brick base. The roof is constructed with clasped purlins. There is evidence suggesting that this building may have been part of a larger structure, as it consists of two bays and shows signs of a four-light window on the front, with diagonally set mullions; the left-hand jamb and cill mortice remain.
Local climate
38, Knight Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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
- 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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