No 70 and Beam Ends is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1984. A C17 House. 2 related planning applications.
No 70 and Beam Ends
- WRENN ID
- ancient-cobalt-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- No 70 and Beam Ends, 70 and 74, High Street, Codicote, SG4 8XD
- OS grid reference
- TL 215 182
- Coordinates
- 51.84992, -0.23693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A range of two houses, dating to the 17th century, is situated on the south west side of Codicote High Street. The front of the building is plastered. The north gable end reveals a timber frame structure and brick nogging. The roof is covered with plain tiles, raised at the front in the 19th century. A large 17th-century brick chimney stack is located at the south end, featuring two diagonal shafts. An external brick stack with a 17th-century base is present on the north side. The building is two storeys high with five windows, including a smaller one-window bay at the left end. Number 74 has two sash windows with thin glazing bars and a 19th-century flat door hood supported on shaped brackets. The first-floor windows are mainly leaded casements, with some casements featuring glazing bars.
Local climate
No 70 and Beam Ends sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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