18 and 20, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1983. House.

18 and 20, High Street

WRENN ID
tenth-lead-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1983
Type
House
Address
18 and 20, High Street, Standon
OS grid reference
TL 396 224
Coordinates
51.88305, 0.02755
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 18 and No. 20 High Street is a block of two houses that dates from the 18th century or earlier. The houses have a timber frame that is roughcast, with weatherboarding on the northern end serving as an apron and at the apex of the gable. They feature a dark pantiled roof with a shared central chimney made of red brick. Originally, the houses were one room deep with a single-storey rear outshut, but the rear has since been raised to two storeys.

The front of the building is symmetrical and two storeys high, with one window for each house on both floors and doors located at the outer corners. The windows are 3/3 flush sash types that are widely spaced apart. The lower windows are positioned above simple early 19th-century doorcases that have moulded architraves, friezes, and flat hoods. No. 18 has an original five-panel flush beaded door on the northern side. Notably, there is unusual combed pargetting over the side door of No. 20. There are modern rear extensions that are not of special interest.

Local climate

18 and 20, 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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