Number 6 and Number 8 (Fairmile) is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. House. 1 related planning application.

Number 6 and Number 8 (Fairmile)

WRENN ID
twelfth-chimney-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 February 1988
Type
House
Address
Number 6 and Number 8 (Fairmile), Horn Hill, St. Paul's Walden, SG4 8AS
OS grid reference
TL 182 211
Coordinates
51.87627, -0.28355
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Two adjacent houses, number 6 and number 8 (Fairmile), stand within St Paul’s Walden. Number 8 dates from the 18th century or earlier, while number 6 was built in the early 19th century. They are constructed with roughcast rendering, with a red brick flank wall to the north side of number 6. The roofs are steeply pitched, covered in old red tiles, although the roof of number 6 has been renewed and the rear slope of number 8 is lower and slated, to accommodate a rear extension.

Number 8 is a house of 1½ storeys with two windows facing east. It is wider than number 6 and features large external gable chimneys and two gabled dormers at the eaves, each with a small-paned casement window. The ground floor has two flush casement windows, with a further two small-paned windows above. A central, battened door is set within a tiled, gabled porch. Number 6 is a smaller, two-storey house adjoining number 8 but situated lower down the hillslope. It has two windows to the first floor and two-light flush Yorkshire sliding casement windows with small panes. A boarded door is set within a heavy frame, sheltered by a segmental arch and hood. There is a two-light, small-paned casement window to the right of the door. An internal north gable chimney is present.

Local climate

Number 6 and Number 8 (Fairmile) 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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