3-5, Windhill is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1949. House. 1 related planning application.
3-5, Windhill
- WRENN ID
- north-slate-sorrel
- 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
- 3-5, Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2ND
- OS grid reference
- TL 485 213
- Coordinates
- 51.87063, 0.15593
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 3 and 5 Windhill is a building from the mid to late 18th century, with a mid-19th century addition. It features a plastered exterior and an old red tile roof. The structure stands three storeys high and has four windows. The original house is located on the west side and is symmetrical in design. It has a central door supported by slim octagonal columns, which is flanked by two-storey canted sash window bays that have architrave surrounds and a top cornice. Inside, there is a tunnel vaulted corridor behind the door, and the front west room contains 18th-century details. The rear ground floor showcases a timber frame that dates back to the 16th or 17th century. On the east side, there is a later extension with one window and a triple hung sash on the first floor. The entire front of the building is adorned with a modillion cornice.
Local climate
3-5, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- 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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