Barclays Bank is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1976. A Late C19 Bank. 5 related planning applications.
Barclays Bank
- WRENN ID
- scarred-copper-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1976
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- Barclays Bank, 23, High Street, Royston, SG8 9AB
- OS grid reference
- TL 356 406
- Coordinates
- 52.04728, -0.0239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Barclays Bank, located at 23 High Street, is a late 19th-century building designed in the Tudor style. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features a tiled roof adorned with polygonal chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and attics, with a stone plinth and bands at the floor and sill levels. It includes multi-light stone mullioned lattice casement windows, some of which have stone transoms. On the left side, there is a two-storey canted oriel bay window, while a projecting gabled full-height bay is situated on the right. The central doorway is accessed by steps. This building is included for its group value, as it is part of a collection that includes Nos 7 to 13 (odd) and 17 to 25 (odd).
Local climate
Barclays Bank 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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