4, 6 and 8 High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1978. House. 7 related planning applications.
4, 6 and 8 High Street
- WRENN ID
- tall-landing-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- 4, 6 and 8 High Street, Whitwell, Hitchin, St. Paul's Walden, SG4 8AG
- OS grid reference
- TL 188 209
- Coordinates
- 51.87462, -0.27567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, originally possibly four separate dwellings, now used as two. The core of the building dates back to the 17th century or earlier, with a south crosswing reconstructed in the late 18th century using brick. The main range is timber-framed and roughcast, with the ground floor clad in red brick. The south wing is constructed of red and blue brick in a Flemish bond pattern to the exterior. The roof is steeply pitched, covered in old red tiles, with a hipped form on the south wing.
The property is L-shaped, facing east, and features a higher south crosswing extending to the rear (west). The main range has four small two-light casement windows on the first floor, and larger two-light windows to the ground floor, alongside several blocked doorways. A large internal chimney, located a quarter of the way from the crosswing on the front roof slope, has pilaster strips. The south wing has a corbelled eaves band with projecting brick headers, and three windows to the ground floor and two to the first floor. A central recess incorporates a Phoenix fire insurance mark. Casement windows are present throughout, and a former central entrance has been converted into a window.
Local climate
4, 6 and 8 High Street 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.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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