3 and 3a, Tilehouse Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. A Medieval House. 2 related planning applications.
3 and 3a, Tilehouse Street
- WRENN ID
- far-transept-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- 3 and 3a, Tilehouse Street, SG5 2DW
- OS grid reference
- TL 183 288
- Coordinates
- 51.94587, -0.27933
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 3 and 3A on Tilehouse Street are a medieval timber-framed house dating back to the 15th century. It has two storeys, with the upper storey overhanging and a steep tiled roof that features a dormer. The building has a tall chimney stack with three square shafts arranged diagonally. The ground floor is faced with brick, while the upper floor showcases herring-bone pargetting. There are two three-sided canted bay windows on the ground floor and three light sash windows on the upper floor, all of which have small squares at the top filled with crown glass. This property is part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 17 (consecutive), Nos 19 to 32 (consecutive), and Nos 35 to 40 (consecutive).
Local climate
3 and 3a, Tilehouse 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- 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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