19 and 21, Parliament Square is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1973. Houses, shop. 1 related planning application.
19 and 21, Parliament Square
- WRENN ID
- dusted-flue-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1973
- Type
- Houses, shop
- Address
- 19 and 21, Parliament Square, Hertford, SG14 1EX
- OS grid reference
- TL 326 124
- Coordinates
- 51.79537, -0.07826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
19 and 21 Parliament Square are early 19th century houses that have been altered in the 20th century and are now used as a shop. They are timber-framed and covered in stucco, topped with a Welsh slated roof.
The exterior features three storeys with a two-bay front. The first and second floors have canted oriel bays, which contain plain glazed triple sash windows, along with plaster spandrels and moulded wood cornices. The upper modillion cornice on the facade has been altered. The ground floor showcases a 19th-century shopfront with plate glass windows, a recessed central entrance that has a half-glazed door, and an alley door to the left, which is a six-panelled door with a fanlight, flanked by Tuscan pilasters. There is a full-width fascia with a simple modillion cornice. The rear of the building has brick and weatherboarded outshoots that were substantially rebuilt in 1989.
The ground floor has been partly opened up for the shop, while the upper floors have not been inspected.
Local climate
19 and 21, Parliament Square 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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