161 and 165, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1984. A Georgian House pair.
161 and 165, High Street
- WRENN ID
- iron-kitchen-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1984
- Type
- House pair
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- 161 and 165, High Street, Codicote
- OS grid reference
- TL 218 180
- Coordinates
- 51.84753, -0.23219
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
161 and 165 High Street is a pair of houses dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. They feature an exposed timber frame with plaster infill and a plain tile roof, which has been raised higher at the eaves in the 18th century. There is a red brick chimney stack with tiled protection on the right gable end. The buildings are two storeys tall and have two casement windows from around 1900. The ground floor includes a pentice roof, and the timber framing consists of thin scantling with long diagonal braces.
Local climate
161 and 165, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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