Western House is a Grade II* listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. A Georgian House.
Western House
- WRENN ID
- pitched-timber-umber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Western House, 35, Tilehouse Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 181 290
- Coordinates
- 51.94723, -0.28203
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Western House, located at 35 Tilehouse Street, is a late 18th-century building that has been refaced or remodelled from an earlier house. It is constructed of red brick and features a steeply pitched tiled roof with a dormer situated behind a parapet. The building stands two storeys high and includes four sash windows that have nearly flush frames and louvered shutters. Access is provided by two stone steps leading up to a six-panelled door with a fanlight, set within a panelled reveal and surrounded by an elaborately carved wooden frame that includes pilasters and a broken pediment adorned with modillions. Inside, the ground-floor room contains niches and an original fireplace. A plaque on the building notes that it was once the residence of George Chapman, a translator who lived from 1559 to 1634. Western House is part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 17 (consecutive), Nos 19 to 32 (consecutive), and Nos 35 to 40 (consecutive).
Local climate
Western House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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