21, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1976. Shop.

21, High Street

WRENN ID
broken-cornice-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 1976
Type
Shop
Address
21, High Street, Royston
OS grid reference
TL 356 406
Coordinates
52.04737, -0.02379
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

21 High Street is a 16th-century building that has been altered over time. The ground floor is faced with stucco and features a cornice, while the first floor has channelled plaster. The roof is machine tiled. The building has two storeys and attics, with a pair of 19th-century sash windows and a 19th-century shop front on the right side. The back elevation is plastered. This property is part of a group that includes Nos 7 to 13 (odd) and 17 to 25 (odd).

Local climate

21, High 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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