Halford House is a Grade II* listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1949. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.

Halford House

WRENN ID
dusted-wicket-dale
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 1949
Type
House
Address
Halford House, 9, High Street, SG7 6AZ
OS grid reference
TL 245 338
Coordinates
51.98934, -0.18806
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Halford House is an 18th-century building located on the northeast side of High Street. It is constructed of deep red brick, with lighter red brick dressing. The main block features a slightly recessed wing on the left and has a total of three storeys. The façade includes five sash windows with glazing bars, all positioned under flat arches.

A stucco band on the first floor acts as a pediment for four brick pilasters that have carved Corinthian capitals. Beneath this is a stone entablature with a cornice that is modillioned and denticulated at the eaves level. The roof is masked by a panelled parapet. Access to the house is via four stone steps leading up to a six-fielded panelled door, which is topped by a rectangular fanlight featuring diagonal glazing bars set in a shallow reveal. This entrance is framed by an architrave surround, Doric pilasters, and an entablature adorned with triglyphs and a segmental pediment.

The central window on the second floor has a stone architrave surround with a taller keystone, while the first-floor central window features an architrave surround and a pediment supported by consoles. The ground and first-floor side pairs of windows are embellished with triple keystones. The building also has a brick plinth with four small cellar windows.

Halford House is part of a group of listed buildings that includes Nos 1 to 11 (odd), 15, 19, 21, an outbuilding east of No 21, 23, 23A, 25, 29, 33, 35A, 37, 37B, 41A, 41B, 41, 43, 45, and 53 to 63 (odd).

Local climate

Halford House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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