Sun Hill House 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.
Sun Hill House
- WRENN ID
- wild-banister-evening
- 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
- Sun Hill House, King Street, Royston, SG8 9AU
- OS grid reference
- TL 356 404
- Coordinates
- 52.04575, -0.02326
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sun Hill House, located at 79 King Street, is a 18th-century building that has been largely refronted in the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with a tiled roof and has two storeys featuring sash windows. On the left side of the ground floor, there is a canted bay window, while a two-storey bay window is positioned to the right of the centre. The first floor has a window arrangement of 2:2:1. The entrance door is set in a reveal and is surrounded by an eared architrave. Above the door, there is a fanlight with ogee glazing bars, a keyblock, and an archivolt, which is flanked by consoles that support an open modillioned pediment. Sun Hill House is part of a group that includes Nos 77 and 79 and No 3, Sun Hill.
Local climate
Sun Hill House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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