41 42 44 45, West Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. A Early C18 Residential. 3 related planning applications.
41 42 44 45, West Street
- WRENN ID
- graven-jamb-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1988
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 41 42 44 45, West Street, Lilley, LU2 8LN
- OS grid reference
- TL 118 264
- Coordinates
- 51.9253, -0.37505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building at 41, 42, 44, and 45 West Street comprises four houses built as a single block. The construction dates to the 17th and early 18th centuries, with subsequent alterations. Number 45 is timber-framed and covered in brick, while the remaining houses are of red brick construction. All have steeply pitched roofs covered with old red tiles. The building forms an L-shaped block facing south and east, with five gabled dormer windows on the south side and four on the east side. The windows are flush-casement types. Number 45, located at the western end of the south range, features a two-cell plan with a lobby entry, an internal chimney stack, and axial floor beams added for an inserted floor. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
41 42 44 45, West Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 4 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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