247 and 249, Watling Street is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. House, shops.
247 and 249, Watling Street
- WRENN ID
- other-gutter-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- House, shops
- Address
- 247 and 249, Watling Street, Aldenham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 163 997
- Coordinates
- 51.68478, -0.31774
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 247 and 249 on Watling Street is a house that has been converted into two shops, likely built around 1852. The building features knapped flint with red brick dressings and has a tiled roof. It is designed in a T-plan and stands two storeys tall with a two-window front. There is a slightly projecting bay on the right side with a gable at the front. The ground floor has modern shopfronts added in the 20th century. On the first floor, there are three-light cast iron casements with Gothic-style glazing, slightly cambered heads, and drip moulds. A small gable is positioned above the left window. The eaves and gables display diagonally set brick courses. The right side of the building has steps leading up to a later entrance on the first floor. There is a stack towards the rear with a panelled shaft and decorative brickwork in the rear gable. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
247 and 249, Watling 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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