1, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. House. 3 related planning applications.
1, High Street
- WRENN ID
- under-glass-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1, High Street, SG5 1BH
- OS grid reference
- TL 183 291
- Coordinates
- 51.94783, -0.27903
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 1 High Street is a building dating from the 16th century or early 17th century, which was refaced in the late 18th century or early 19th century. It features a timber frame that is covered by plaster and has a Welsh slated roof. The building stands three storeys tall, with the upper floors each oversailing and supported by brackets on the second floor. The shop fronts are modern, and there are two flush sash windows with glazing bars set in moulded frames. No 1 to 6 High Street form a group with No 33 Market Place.
Local climate
1, High 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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