29, 31 and 33, Mill Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. A C16 House.
29, 31 and 33, Mill Street
- WRENN ID
- moated-lime-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- 29, 31 and 33, Mill Street, Ashwell
- OS grid reference
- TL 266 398
- Coordinates
- 52.04263, -0.15423
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
29, 31, and 33 Mill Street are a pair of houses that date from the 16th century or earlier, with a broad 17th century cross wing at the northern end. The houses have a timber frame with a base made of clunch and brick. The walls are covered in 20th century pargetted cement and painted white, and they feature a plain tile roof. The buildings are two storeys high, with the cross wing having an attic. There are four windows in total, all of which are square and diamond leaded casements set in 17th century metal frames. The houses have two 20th century plank doors. The south gable end is wide and shows exposed floor plates, with a four-light casement on the ground floor and a three-light casement on the first floor. No. 29, which is late 16th century, is one storey with attics and has three similar leaded casements along with two gabled attic dormers. It has a machine tile roof and the front range features two 20th century red brick chimney stacks.
Local climate
29, 31 and 33, Mill Street 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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