17 and 17a, Lower King Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1964. House.

17 and 17a, Lower King Street

WRENN ID
veiled-sandstone-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1964
Type
House
Address
17 and 17a, Lower King Street, Royston
OS grid reference
TL 355 407
Coordinates
52.04876, -0.02466
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 17 and 17A on Lower King Street are early 19th-century buildings featuring roughcast plaster and a Welsh slate roof. They stand three storeys high and have three flush sash windows with glazing bars. The ground floor has been altered, with the left window changed to a closed shop window. To the left of the centre, there is a doorway with an oblong fanlight, a reeded surround with square angle blocks decorated with a flower pattern, and a cornice hood above.

Local climate

17 and 17a, Lower King 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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