Wh Shepherd, Butcher is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. A C18 or earlier Shop.
Wh Shepherd, Butcher
- WRENN ID
- twisted-alcove-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- Wh Shepherd, Butcher, 69, High Street, Walkern
- OS grid reference
- TL 288 262
- Coordinates
- 51.91949, -0.12714
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
W H Shepherd, Butcher is a house that has also been partly converted into a shop. It dates from the 18th century or earlier and was altered and extended in the mid-19th century. The building features a timber frame that is roughcast over a stucco plinth, with the south side cased in red brick. The east end and northeast narrow wing are also made of red brick. The shopfront, which is stuccoed brick from the 19th century, has a steep old red tile roof, while the shopfront projection is slated.
The structure is a small T-shaped house that faces south, but the shopfront is oriented towards the road on the west. The one and a half storey short north range that faces the road has a gabled 2-light casement dormer at the eaves above the shopfront projection, which features a half-glazed door and large sash windows flanked by pilasters and trusses. The two-storey crosswing has its gable facing the road and includes a 19th-century bargeboard, a flush 2-light casement upper window, and a flush box sash lower window with 6/6 panes. There is a red brick central chimney in the crosswing, along with a wallhead chimney on the south side leading to a rear addition. The south wall has deep window recesses with two wooden casement windows on each floor. Overall, this is a picturesque and irregular small house.
Local climate
Wh Shepherd, Butcher 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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 — 1 transaction since 2008
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