23, Hitchin Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1974. Residential.

23, Hitchin Street

WRENN ID
white-gargoyle-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 August 1974
Type
Residential
OS grid reference
TL 243 338
Coordinates
51.98901, -0.19001
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

23 Hitchin Street is a building dating from the 16th or 17th century that has been altered. The ground floor is constructed of red brick from the 18th century, while the first floor features plaster on a timber framework and has an old tiled roof. The building is two storeys high and includes a first-floor band. On the first floor, there are two flush casement windows, and on the ground floor, there are two canted bay windows with glazing bars, positioned on either side of a four flush panelled door that is sheltered by a hood. Some timber framework is exposed on the right side elevation. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 1, 1B, 3, 5, 7, 17, 19, 23, 31 (odd), 31A, 33, 33A, 35, and 43 to 57 (odd).

Local climate

23, Hitchin Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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