Number 31 and Attached Outbuildings to Rear is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1974. Commercial premises. 4 related planning applications.

Number 31 and Attached Outbuildings to Rear

WRENN ID
dusk-shingle-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1974
Type
Commercial premises
Address
Number 31 and Attached Outbuildings to Rear, High Street, Ware, SG12 9BA
OS grid reference
TL 358 142
Coordinates
51.81054, -0.03059
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 31 and the attached outbuildings to the rear are a house and inn, now serving as commercial premises with offices above. The building dates from the 16th century, with some rebuilding in the 17th century and alterations in the 19th century. It features a timber frame that is stuccoed with masonry lining, and the first floor juts out with cavetto moulding over projecting beam ends, topped by an old tiled roof with a moulded eaves cornice.

The exterior is two storeys high, with three first floor sash windows that have glazing bars and are flush-set with moulded architrave surrounds. The ground floor includes an early 19th-century 24-paned oriel bay shop window with slender glazing bars, a fascia, and a plain cornice, flanked by a half-glazed door that is accessed by three steps from street level, accompanied by wrought-iron railing. To the right, there is a carriageway paved with cobbles and twin tracks of granite setts. Inside, exposed beams can be seen in the ceiling.

At the rear, there is a long outshoot in two sections, both two storeys high. The first section is timber-framed and plastered, featuring a projecting first floor canted oriel window supported by braces. The lower section is also timber-framed and plastered, with casement windows. Behind this is a barn with a colourwashed brick ground floor and a weatherboarded first floor, topped with an old tiled roof. Further back are weatherboarded stables.

The interior includes an early 18th-century moulded wood cornice in the front room on the ground floor, and a plain newel stair located behind the front range, which originally led from the ground floor and has direct access from the rear yard. The roof has been significantly altered, with notched rafters indicating that an earlier crown-post structure was largely rebuilt in the early 17th century. This building is adjacent to the historic site of The George Inn at number 29 High Street and may have served as additional accommodation for the inn.

Local climate

Number 31 and Attached Outbuildings to Rear 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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