13, Lower King Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1964. House.
13, Lower King Street
- WRENN ID
- proud-remnant-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1964
- Type
- House
- Address
- 13, Lower King Street, Royston, SG8 5AL
- OS grid reference
- TL 355 407
- Coordinates
- 52.04884, -0.02476
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
13 Lower King Street is a 18th-century building constructed of red brick with an old tiled roof. It stands two storeys high and features three flush sash windows with glazing bars set in moulded frames beneath flat arches. On the right side of the ground floor, there is a canted bay that has a cornice with modillions. The central doorway consists of a six-panelled door, with two glazed panels and four fielded panels, all set in a fielded panelled reveal.
Local climate
13, Lower King 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
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