18 and 20, London Road is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1976. Residential.
18 and 20, London Road
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-beam-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1976
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 18 and 20, London Road, Royston
- OS grid reference
- TL 357 403
- Coordinates
- 52.04527, -0.02261
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
18 and 20 London Road are early to mid 19th century buildings constructed from gault brick with a hipped Welsh slated roof. They are two storeys high and feature two sash windows with glazing bars set in reveals beneath cambered relieving arches. The entrance includes four-panelled doors, with two panels flush, and oblong fanlights in reveals under cambered arches. These buildings are included for their group value, as they form a cohesive group with Nos 12 to 22 (even).
Local climate
18 and 20, London Road 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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- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1996
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