33, 33a and 33b, Sun Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1974. A C19 Commercial. 2 related planning applications.

33, 33a and 33b, Sun Street

WRENN ID
lost-obsidian-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1974
Type
Commercial
OS grid reference
TL 184 290
Coordinates
51.947, -0.2787
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 33, 33A, and 33B on Sun Street are early to mid 19th century buildings that have been altered. They are constructed of red brick and feature a Welsh slated roof with a paired bracketed cornice. The buildings rise three storeys high, with modern recessed shop windows on the ground floor. The upper floors have sash windows with glazing bars set under flat arches, and there is a blocked window on the right side. These properties, along with Nos 19 to 34, form a group.

Local climate

33, 33a and 33b, Sun Street 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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