The Settlement is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Temperance inn. 9 related planning applications.
The Settlement
- WRENN ID
- hushed-loggia-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Temperance inn
- Address
- The Settlement, Nevells Road, SG6 4UB
- OS grid reference
- TL 220 330
- Coordinates
- 51.98221, -0.22482
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Settlement is a building constructed between 1906 and 1907 by B Parker and R Unwin. Originally named "The Skittles Inn," it was a temperance inn that included living accommodation. Since 1925, it has been used as an Adult Education Centre. The building is one and a half storeys tall, featuring a north front with two large gabled bays. It has tiled roofs with dormers and walls that showcase exposed studwork with a roughcast finish. The first floor has mullioned windows with casements that include glazing bars, while the ground floor windows have leaded lights. Tile labels adorn the windows. The roof eaves extend over deep verandahs, or 'stoeps,' which have fitted seats. Inside, the layout is interesting, with a billiard room that has an open trussed roof and an inglenook. The entrance hall still retains the original bar counter, which was designed for the sale of temperance beverages.
Local climate
The Settlement sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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