The Banyers Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1976. Hotel. 11 related planning applications.
The Banyers Hotel
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-niche-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1976
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- The Banyers Hotel, 16, Melbourn Street, Royston, SG8 7BZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 357 407
- Coordinates
- 52.04843, -0.02192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Banyers Hotel is an early 19th-century building that has been refronted in a Neo-classical style, although it is based on a much earlier structure. The hotel features a timber-framed construction that has been refaced in gault brick, topped with a Welsh slated roof behind a parapet. It stands two storeys tall and is characterized by tall Greek Ionic pilasters to the right of the centre pediment, with Doric pilasters at the corners. The facade includes seven sash windows with glazing bars set under flat arches. A Doric porch is present, adorned with cast iron balcony railings, an entablature featuring triglyphs, and a mutule cornice. The roadside elevation showcases a pediment with a cast iron balconette on the first floor and a bay window on the ground floor. Additionally, the north projecting wing has a ground floor three-light window with a pediment.
Local climate
The Banyers Hotel 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 — 2 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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