52-58, Leys Avenue is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. A C20 Commercial. 11 related planning applications.
52-58, Leys Avenue
- WRENN ID
- broken-storey-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 52-58, Leys Avenue, SG6 3EQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 219 326
- Coordinates
- 51.97876, -0.22531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A parade of shops with living accommodation above, built in 1909 by Allen Foxley. The building consists of two storeys and presents a symmetrical facade with three projecting bays, each topped with a pediment. The fenestration pattern is 1:2:2:2:2:2:1. The roofs are tiled, with brick stacks. The walls are roughcast, with brick dressings and pilaster strips marking the quoins. The windows are three-light, transom and mullion casement windows with glazing bars. The entrance bays feature paired oriel windows. Arched entrances are flanked by brick pilasters. A central pediment displays ornamental plasterwork, prominently featuring the date 1909.
Local climate
52-58, Leys Avenue sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 2022
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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