Ridge House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1983. House. 3 related planning applications.
Ridge House
- WRENN ID
- weathered-timber-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ridge House, 38 and 38a, High Street, Standon, SG11 1RN
- OS grid reference
- TL 386 233
- Coordinates
- 51.89111, 0.01286
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ridge House is a house, now also incorporating a shop, dating to the later 17th century, with a significant refurbishment around 1800. It is timber-framed and plastered, with decorative fan pargetting and applied bands around the openings and under the eaves. The building has a stucco plinth and a steep roof covered with old red tiles. The house is arranged in an L-shape, with a stair turret in the angle, and a rear wing. Gable chimneys are positioned along the front range, which faces east.
The symmetrical front elevation, featuring three windows, is characteristic of the 18th century. The upper floor has triple flush sash windows on each side of a narrower sash window with 6/6 glazed panes above the front door. The ground floor has a flush sash window with 8/8 panes to the right of the front door, and a late 19th-century projecting shop front to the left. The shop front has a brick base, a hipped roof, and a glazed door. The main entrance is accessed via three steps and features a six-panelled door with glazed upper panels, set within a moulded doorcase with a full entablature.
The roof structure includes high-set purlins, suggesting a previous intention for attic space.
Local climate
Ridge House 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1995
- 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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