1 and 3, Lower King Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1964. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
1 and 3, Lower King Street
- WRENN ID
- veiled-granite-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1964
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1 and 3, Lower King Street, Royston, SG8 5AB
- OS grid reference
- TL 355 408
- Coordinates
- 52.04926, -0.02491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 and 3 on Lower King Street are a pair of cottages dating from the 18th century or early 19th century. The front is finished in colour-washed pebbledash and features a tiled roof. The building stands two storeys high and has two sash windows with glazing bars. There are two doors, each with four flush panels, set in plain surrounds and topped with cornice hoods supported by consoles. Nos 1 and 3 are part of a group that includes Nos 28 to 36 (even), the yard wall to No 36, No 36A, and the former United Reformed Church on Kneesworth Street.
Local climate
1 and 3, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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