43, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1987. House. 4 related planning applications.

43, High Street

WRENN ID
scattered-buttress-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 June 1987
Type
House
Address
43, High Street, Barkway, SG8 8EA
OS grid reference
TL 384 356
Coordinates
52.0019, 0.0156
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 43 High Street is a house dating from the mid-19th century, with a bay at the rear that is from the 17th century or earlier. The building features white brick that is cement rendered in panels, and it has a slate roof. The rear is timber-framed and has a machine-tiled roof. The front of the house has two bays and three storeys.

On the ground floor, there are steps leading up to the entrance on the left, which has a six-panelled door set in a pentice porch. To the right, there is a tripartite sash window and a secondary entrance at the far right. The first floor has 16-pane sash windows, while the second floor has three 6-pane sashes, all of which are flush framed. The eaves are boxed, and there is a stack on the right side of the front slope. A large stack at the rear has an early red brick base and a later white brick cap.

Behind the main structure, there is a one-storey and attic early bay that features an attic casement window and exposed plates in the rear gable end, along with a lean-to outshut. The interior has not been inspected. The building is included for its group value.

Local climate

43, High 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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