The Shambles is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. A C17 House. 3 related planning applications.
The Shambles
- WRENN ID
- third-bailey-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Shambles, Hormead Dane, SG9 0NT
- OS grid reference
- TL 404 301
- Coordinates
- 51.9518, 0.04272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shambles is a house dating from the 17th century, with later alterations. It features a timber frame on a stucco plinth and is roughcast, topped with a steep thatched roof that extends over the rear. The building is two storeys high with an outshut and has a tiled rear wing. It has a near symmetrical façade facing north, with two windows and an internal gable chimney on the west side, along with a central front door. The first floor has three-light flush casement windows with external shutters, while the ground floor features three-light bracketed oriel windows with hipped tile roofs. A red brick chimney is also present. The house is mentioned in documents from 1746 and is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Shambles 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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