28, Shillington Road is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. House. 5 related planning applications.

28, Shillington Road

WRENN ID
bitter-terrace-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 May 1968
Type
House
Address
28, Shillington Road, Pirton, SG5 3QJ
OS grid reference
TL 143 319
Coordinates
51.97441, -0.33714
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a house, likely dating back to the 16th century or earlier, with 20th-century extensions to the east end and north rear. It is a timber-frame structure with a black brick sill and roughcast rendering, though the timber frame remains visible in the upper part of the crosswing gable. The roof is covered in red tiles.

The house is arranged in an "L" shape, set back from the road facing south. The main range is one-and-a-half storeys high, representing the original hall, while the crosswing to the east is two storeys high. There's a one-and-a-half-storey rear extension to the crosswing, and an outshut to the east side. The entrance is located at the angle where the wings meet. A large external chimney, dating from the 17th century, is situated on the east side of the crosswing. A smaller external chimney is on the west gable of the hall range. To the left of the plank front door is a three-light flush casement window, protected by a dripboard. Each floor of the gable crosswing has a two-light casement window. The crosswing likely served as the upper end of the original hall, containing two rooms on each floor.

The hall and crosswing feature a clasped purlin roof. The exposed timber frame visible in the crosswing gable shows jowled posts, a tie-beam, and collars supporting the purlins.

Local climate

28, Shillington Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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