5, London Road is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1976. House. 3 related planning applications.
5, London Road
- WRENN ID
- lone-kitchen-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- 5, London Road, Royston, SG8 9EJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 356 403
- Coordinates
- 52.04535, -0.02286
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century building, altered in the 19th century, located at 5 London Road. The building is comprised of a single-storey wing on the left-hand side, which is weatherboarded and incorporates a carriageway and an 18th-century former shop window. The entrance features an eight-panelled door set within a reeded surround, with decorative paterae beneath a pediment. To the right is a two-storey block with a 19th-century grey brick ground floor, featuring a canted oriel window. The first floor is plastered and contains a sash window. The ground floor slightly overhangs, supported by a coved cornice. The roofs are covered with old tiles. Nos. 1 to 7 (odd) form a group.
Local climate
5, London Road 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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