18, Melbourn Street is a Grade I listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1964. A C18 House. 3 related planning applications.
18, Melbourn Street
- WRENN ID
- iron-transept-blackthorn
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1964
- Type
- House
- Address
- 18, Melbourn Street, Royston, SG8 7BZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 357 407
- Coordinates
- 52.04841, -0.02161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century building located on the north side of Melbourn Street. The front facade is channelled plaster, topped by a parapet behind which is a red tile roof. It has three storeys and seven sash windows set in moulded, flush frames. A particularly fine central doorway features a six-panelled door, an oblong fanlight with ornamental monogram glazing within a fielded panelled reveal, and a surround composed of Roman Doric half columns, an entablature with a running fret frieze, dentils, and a mutule cornice, culminating in a pediment.
Remarkably, the interior contains early 17th-century decorative features. These include three carved and painted chimney pieces with elaborate overmantels, painted ceilings decorated with arabesques, oak panelling in two rooms, and early 18th-century deal panelling in a single room.
Local climate
18, Melbourn 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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