1 and 3, London Road is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1976. A C19 House. 2 related planning applications.
1 and 3, London Road
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-lead-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1 and 3, London Road, Royston, SG8 9EJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 356 404
- Coordinates
- 52.04547, -0.02295
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two mid-19th century buildings on London Road. They are constructed of gault brick with a hipped roof covered in Welsh slate. The buildings are two storeys high, with a first floor featuring four sash windows with glazing bars. The ground floor has one sash window and one altered window. A 19th-century shop window on the north side is distinguished by slim Doric pilasters, a frieze, and a cornice. These buildings are included on the heritage list for their group value, forming part of numbers 1 to 7 (odd) on London Road.
Local climate
1 and 3, London Road 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 — 1 transaction since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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