23, 25 and 27, High Wych Road is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1981. Residential. 4 related planning applications.

23, 25 and 27, High Wych Road

WRENN ID
proud-crypt-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1981
Type
Residential
Address
23, 25 and 27, High Wych Road, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 0HE
OS grid reference
TL 473 141
Coordinates
51.80693, 0.13632
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a row of three, 19th-century houses located on the south side of High Wych Road. The houses are timber-framed with weatherboard cladding and slate roofs, each featuring internal chimneys. The roof of number 23 has been replaced with tile. The houses present a uniform appearance with two storeys and three windows. Number 27 has flush sash windows with 6/6 panes and plain architraves, while number 25 has 8/8 paned flush sashes. Each house has a four-panel door sheltered by a flat hood supported on cut brackets. Number 23 has casement windows. These were originally workers' houses associated with Rivers Nursery. The properties are listed for their group value.

Local climate

23, 25 and 27, High Wych 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • 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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