Sworders is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1949. Commercial. 2 related planning applications.
Sworders
- WRENN ID
- rough-stronghold-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1949
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- Sworders, 19, North Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2LD
- OS grid reference
- TL 486 214
- Coordinates
- 51.87213, 0.15831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sworders is a late 18th-century building located on North Street. It is constructed of yellow stock brick and features a slate roof. The building stands three storeys high and has a symmetrical three-window arrangement. There are three-storey sashed canted window bays on both the north and south sides of the central doorcase. The elevation is divided into three sections by thin brick pilasters, and it is topped with a panelled parapet and cornice. The door is adorned with an open pedimented hood supported by thin Doric columns, and the original reveals are intact. Sash windows are present in the centre bay, and there is a wrought iron sign bracket.
Local climate
Sworders 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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