6, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. House, shop. 8 related planning applications.
6, High Street
- WRENN ID
- small-obsidian-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- 6, High Street, Buntingford, SG9 9AG
- OS grid reference
- TL 362 293
- Coordinates
- 51.94633, -0.01848
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century house, later altered to become two shops. The rear wall and the north side of the southeastern wing are white weatherboarded, while the main structure is white gault brick, all topped by a slate roof extending to the rear as a catslide. It is a double-pile house, meaning it has rooms arranged on both sides of a central passage, with end chimneys facing west.
The west front presents a symmetrical façade of three bays and three storeys, though the rear and southeastern wing are two storeys high. Wide projecting eaves with a panelled and bracketed soffit run along the top, and gable parapets are visible. Two shallow recesses frame the wider sash windows on either side of the central window. A stucco band runs across the front, above the arches of the former ground floor windows. The recessed sash windows have plastered reveals and gauged brick arches. The central window on the first floor has 6 over 6 panes, while the second floor windows have 3 over 3 panes. Triple sash windows are set within the recesses, matching the heights of the other windows. The mullions of the triple sashes are moulded with reeding and the windows contain crown glass.
Projecting approximately one metre from the ground floor are symmetrical, tall bowed shopfronts. Similar single and triple flush box sash windows are found in the contemporary weatherboarded rear wall and on the southeastern wing. The building is a notable example of Regency street architecture, although the ground floor has been altered. It is included on the register for its group value.
Local climate
6, 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 — 18 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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