The Highlander Public House is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1974. Public house. 2 related planning applications.

The Highlander Public House

WRENN ID
winding-arch-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1974
Type
Public house
Address
The Highlander Public House, Tilehouse Street, SG5 2EF
OS grid reference
TL 180 290
Coordinates
51.94715, -0.28453
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Highlander Public House is a 17th-century building, altered subsequently. The ground floor is constructed of red brick, while the first floor has a stucco facing. The roof is covered with old tiles. The building is two storeys high with attics, and features two box dormers and four windows, which are primarily sash windows with glazing bars.

Local climate

The Highlander Public House 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 2015
  • 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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