16, West Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1974. House, cafe.

16, West Street

WRENN ID
ruined-terrace-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1974
Type
House, cafe
Address
16, West Street, Ware
OS grid reference
TL 356 143
Coordinates
51.81164, -0.03316
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 16 West Street is a house that has been converted into a café with a flat above. It dates back to the 15th century, with alterations made in the 18th century and further changes in the 1980s. The building features a timber frame that is faced with stucco and has an old tiled roof. It is two storeys high.

On the first floor, there are two modern flush set sash windows with glazing bars. The ground floor has a modern shopfront beneath a jetty, with timber pilasters on either side of the entrance door, and a modern triple-light sash window to the right. The jetty is covered with modern hardwood panels that have an incised 'S' motif. Inside, the timber framing is exposed, and there is a moulded crown post supporting the first floor roof.

Local climate

16, West Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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