8, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1974. House.
8, High Street
- WRENN ID
- veiled-gutter-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1974
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- TL 244 338
- Coordinates
- 51.98918, -0.18856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 High Street is an early to mid 19th century building featuring red stretchers and grey headers, topped with a Welsh slated roof and a cornice. The structure stands three storeys tall and has a second floor band. It includes two sash windows set in reveals, which are topped with stucco lintels and keyblocks. The modern shop front has a segmental bow window designed in a Georgian style. At the rear, there is a two-storey wing. This building is included for its group value with several nearby structures, including Nos 6, 6A, 8, 10, 10A, 12, 14, 14A, 14B, 14C, 16, 20, 24, 24A, 26, and 32 to 42 (even), as well as the Gateway and Wall in front of Wynne's Almhouses, and Nos 46, 46A, and 48 to 52 (even).
Local climate
8, High Street 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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