5 and 6, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1974. A C19 Commercial building. 7 related planning applications.
5 and 6, High Street
- WRENN ID
- dim-pilaster-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1974
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 5 and 6, High Street, SG5 1BH
- OS grid reference
- TL 183 291
- Coordinates
- 51.94805, -0.27885
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 5 and 6 High Street is a mid-19th century building designed in the Italianate style. It features an impressive stucco facade with careful detailing, including a modillion cornice above a hipped roof covered with Welsh slate. The building stands three storeys tall and has quoins and a vermiculated ground floor. The second floor has architrave surrounds, while the first floor has eared architrave surrounds and pediments. The wings of the building are slightly recessed, with one window on the left and two storeys on the right. Nos 1 to 6 High Street form a group with No 33 Market Place.
Local climate
5 and 6, High Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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