17-21, Kneesworth Street is a Grade II* listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1964. A Medieval Shop premises. 4 related planning applications.
17-21, Kneesworth Street
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-attic-auburn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1964
- Type
- Shop premises
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- 17-21, Kneesworth Street, Royston, SG8 5AA
- OS grid reference
- TL 355 408
- Coordinates
- 52.0491, -0.0244
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 17 to 21 on Kneesworth Street are a building dating from the 15th or 16th century. It features a timber frame that is faced with panelled plaster and has an old tiled roof. The building is two storeys high, with the first floor oversailing and four flush casement windows on the first floor. There is a modern tiled shop front. Historically, this building has been identified as the Buttery of the Royal Palace, used from 1603 to 1640. It also has two red brick chimneystacks.
Local climate
17-21, Kneesworth Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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