40, Queen Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. House. 1 related planning application.
40, Queen Street
- WRENN ID
- sheer-window-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- 40, Queen Street, SG4 9TS
- OS grid reference
- TL 186 289
- Coordinates
- 51.94607, -0.27572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early to mid-19th century building on Queen Street. It is constructed of stucco, with a low-pitched Welsh slate roof and plain eaves, featuring a low gable on the side elevation. The building is three storeys high, and has broad pilasters flanking two sash windows set in recessed panels. The door surround features Greek Ionic columns and an entablature.
Local climate
40, Queen 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 — 1 transaction since 2007
- 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
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