2, John Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1976. House. 1 related planning application.
2, John Street
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-soffit-clover
- 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
- 2, John Street, Royston
- OS grid reference
- TL 356 406
- Coordinates
- 52.04727, -0.02327
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 2 John Street is a mid-19th century building constructed from gault brick and knapped flint rubble, topped with a Welsh slate roof that features wide eaves and a front gable. The building stands three storeys high. The ground floor has a modern shop window, while the first floor window is mostly blocked, leaving only a small modern window. The second floor features a sash window with glazing bars set in reveals beneath a flat arch. The side elevations are weatherboarded, and there is a two-storey pentice-roofed wing on the left. No 2 John Street is part of a group that includes Nos 1 and 2, as well as Nos 2 to 32 (even) and No 26A on High Street.
Local climate
2, John Street 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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- 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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