3, Old Cross is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1972. Shop and residence. 4 related planning applications.
3, Old Cross
- WRENN ID
- standing-gable-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1972
- Type
- Shop and residence
- Address
- 3, Old Cross, Hertford, SG14 1HX
- OS grid reference
- TL 324 126
- Coordinates
- 51.79687, -0.08063
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early to mid-19th century shop with a residential space above, located in Hertford. The building is timber-framed and plastered, with weatherboarding on the upper sections and a rear outshoot constructed of yellow brick. The roof is covered in Welsh slate and features a yellow brick chimney with an oversailing course and terracotta pots.
The exterior is three stories high. The first and second floors have nearly flush-set sash windows with glazing bars, each framed by architraves. The ground floor contains a mid-19th century shopfront, notable for its arcaded triple-light display window. A later brown glazed brick stallriser is present. To the left is a glazed entrance door with arcaded consoles that support the fascia.
Inside, the ground floor has been opened into a single trading area. Simple cast-iron grates remain on the upper floors. A cellar, accessible by an external staircase, contains a 19th-century cooking range.
Local climate
3, Old Cross 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 10 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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