4, Baldock Street is a Grade II* listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1976. Former workhouse. 5 related planning applications.
4, Baldock Street
- WRENN ID
- noble-garret-martin
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1976
- Type
- Former workhouse
- Address
- 4, Baldock Street, Royston, SG8 5AY
- OS grid reference
- TL 355 406
- Coordinates
- 52.04806, -0.02488
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 4 Baldock Street is an early to mid 19th-century former workhouse built in a Neo-classical style. The building is constructed of gault brick and features a hipped roof covered with Welsh slate, along with a cornice. It stands three storeys tall, with a stone band at the first floor. The upper floors have a central recess and a symmetrical arrangement of sash windows, with two windows on the outer sides and one in the middle on each floor. The ground floor has architrave surrounds, the first floor has cornices supported by consoles, and the second floor features flat arches. A central portico, supported by Doric pilasters, includes an entablature and a blocking course. On the east side, there are two ground floor canted bay windows, each with entablatures resting on slim Doric pilasters. Inside, the hall is marked by two segmental arches.
Local climate
4, Baldock Street 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 — 6 transactions since 2005
- 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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