37 and 38b, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1974. Commercial building.
37 and 38b, High Street
- WRENN ID
- weathered-banister-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1974
- Type
- Commercial building
- OS grid reference
- TL 246 337
- Coordinates
- 51.98779, -0.18656
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
37 and 38B High Street is a building from the 18th century that features a front added to an earlier structure, likely timber framed. The front wall is made of red brick and has a parapet above an old tiled roof. The building has two storeys and includes three first-floor sash windows set in reveals beneath flat arches. There are two mid-19th century shop windows with glazing bars. A central door is topped with a rectangular fanlight that has ornamental glazing bars, all framed by an architrave and supported by a cut bracketed hood. This building is included for its group value with other nearby structures.
Local climate
37 and 38b, 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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- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1999
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- 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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