84 and 86, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. House. 12 related planning applications.
84 and 86, High Street
- WRENN ID
- vast-cobble-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- 84 and 86, High Street, Buntingford, SG9 9AJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 361 297
- Coordinates
- 51.94975, -0.02088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two houses, numbers 84 and 86 High Street, were built around 1710. A matching extension to the north (number 86) was likely added circa 1900. The houses are constructed of red brick with blue headers, featuring a projecting wooden eaves cornice and a steep, old red tile hipped roof. They are two storeys high with a cellar and attic, originally designed in a symmetrical Queen Anne style, with a five-window facade and a narrower, one-window extension to the north (number 86). The houses have end chimneys and a central entrance plan, with later additions at the rear and to the north.
The front of the building now has four box dormers in the roof slope and a bold, modillioned cornice extended over the northern section. The windows are flush-box sashes with 6/6 panes, set within red rubbed brick arches. A floor band and chamfered plinth extend over the northern section. The main doorcase features elaborately carved foliate trusses with a cut-back hood, sheltering a half-glazed door and a fanlight. A door to the north end is accessed by two steps. A 6-panel flush-beaded door with a deep, moulded flat hood on shaped brackets provides access to number 86.
The interior has been altered, but retains a good cornice and a corner fireplace in the southwest room on the ground floor.
Local climate
84 and 86, High Street 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 — 13 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 12 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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