23, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. House. 1 related planning application.

23, High Street

WRENN ID
nether-groin-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hertsmere
Constituency
Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 August 1985
Type
House
Address
23, High Street, WD23 1BD
OS grid reference
TQ 130 952
Coordinates
51.64496, -0.36729
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

This is a house dating from the 17th century, which was refaced in the 18th century and altered in the 20th century. It is timber-framed and has a colourwashed brick front and roughcast returns. The roof is tiled. The house has four bays and is two storeys high. The entrance is located between the two bays to the left, featuring a flat hood and a segmental head. On the ground floor, there are eight-pane sash windows with segmental heads. Blocked entrances are situated between the two bays to the right. The upper floor has horizontal sliding sashes, some with twelve panes and others with eight panes. A central axial ridge stack is positioned on the roof. The right-hand return has been altered in the 20th century. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

23, High Street 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
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  • 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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