The Corn Exchange is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1976. Market. 2 related planning applications.
The Corn Exchange
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-hinge-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1976
- Type
- Market
- Address
- The Corn Exchange, Market Hill, Royston, SG8 9JT
- OS grid reference
- TL 357 405
- Coordinates
- 52.04633, -0.02181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Corn Exchange, built in 1829, is a single-storey structure made of moulded yellow bricks patented by Caleb Hitch. It has a hipped roof covered with Welsh slate and features a hollow rectangular plan. The west front has a central doorway that leads into a courtyard, which is sheltered by a wide roof eave supported by cast iron posts. Small shops line the walkway, each with double doors and sash windows.
Local climate
The Corn Exchange 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 — 2 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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