12-14, Windhill is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1962. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.
12-14, Windhill
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-sentry-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1962
- Type
- House
- Address
- 12-14, Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2NB
- OS grid reference
- TL 485 213
- Coordinates
- 51.87097, 0.15627
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 12 and 14 Windhill is a building that dates from the mid to late 18th century but has a front that features a 17th-century timber frame. The exterior is finished with pargetting and weatherboarding, topped with a slate roof. The building stands two storeys tall and has a street-facing elevation that includes two canted sash window bays, each two storeys high, with a cornice above the ground floor and a continuous top entablature. There is a coach entrance on the east side, which has a segmental arch supported by consoles. At the rear, there is a three-storey extension that is set at right angles and features 18th-century sash windows.
Local climate
12-14, Windhill 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 2008
- 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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