Hitchin Museum is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1974. Museum. 1 related planning application.

Hitchin Museum

WRENN ID
odd-dormer-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1974
Type
Museum
Address
Hitchin Museum, Payne's Park
OS grid reference
TL 182 291
Coordinates
51.94817, -0.28155
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Hitchin Museum is an early 19th-century building that was enlarged in the mid-19th century. Originally a moderately sized private house set in grounds, it features a stucco exterior and a Welsh slate roof with a cut bracketed cornice. The building has two storeys with a recessed centre, a two-storey bay on the right, and a similar semi-octagonal bay on the left. The windows are sash style with glazing bars, and the right side has a round-arched window. There is a balustraded parapet on the southeast side elevation.

Local climate

Hitchin Museum 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Paynes Park House, 2 Paynes Park and 8 West Alley Grade II 85 m
  2. 70, Tilehouse Street Grade II 90 m
  3. 36, Tilehouse Street Grade II 102 m
  4. Western House Grade II* 109 m
  5. 77 and 78, Tilehouse Street Grade II 111 m
  6. Number 41 (Former Coach House to Number 42) Grade II 116 m
  7. 31 and 32, Tilehouse Street Grade II 119 m
  8. 30, Tilehouse Street Grade II 121 m
  9. 29, Tilehouse Street Grade II 125 m
  10. Number 42 (Lewesford House) and Front Gate and Railings to Number 42 Grade II 129 m