Guild House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1949. House.
Guild House
- WRENN ID
- idle-gravel-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- Guild House, 16, Water Lane, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2JZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 487 214
- Coordinates
- 51.87217, 0.15978
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Guild House, located at 16 Water Lane, is a building from the mid-18th century that is likely based on an earlier timber frame, probably from the 16th century. The exterior is stuccoed and features a steep slate roof. The building is two storeys high with a symmetrical front that has five windows facing the street. A prominent central doorcase is designed in the Doric style, featuring a pediment, three-quarter columns, a triglyph frieze, and a modillion cornice. The original door consists of eight panels. The first floor has old sash windows, and there is a modillioned cornice at the eaves. The rear elevation includes a later addition that matches the original style on the northeast side and a plastered timber-framed extension on the southeast side.
Local climate
Guild House 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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