Tissimans is a Grade II* listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1949. A C15 House. 1 related planning application.
Tissimans
- WRENN ID
- winding-threshold-fog
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- Tissimans, 8, High Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2LT
- OS grid reference
- TL 486 214
- Coordinates
- 51.87139, 0.15804
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a timber-framed house dating to around 1400, with an old red tile roof. Originally of the “half-Wealden” type – formerly featuring an open hall on the north side, a central cross passage, and a two-storey bay on the south – it was refronted in the 16th century. The house is two and a half storeys high. Modern casements with four lights are visible on the first floor, set within original window surrounds. Identical casements are also found in two modern dormers. A modern shop front occupies the ground floor. The interior retains a significant amount of exposed wall and ceiling timber. Two mullioned windows have been blocked on the first floor. The east wall of a first-floor rear room features a painted Jacobean frieze. Historical research (Hertfordshire Archaeology, 1973, pages 127-130) provides further details regarding the building.
Local climate
Tissimans 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.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2015
- 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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