129, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1987. House.
129, High Street
- WRENN ID
- muted-threshold-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- 129, High Street, Barkway
- OS grid reference
- TL 383 351
- Coordinates
- 51.99749, 0.01407
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
House located at 129 High Street, built in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of rendered red brick and features a slate roof. The building has two bays and stands two storeys tall, with a plinth at the base. On the ground floor, the entrance is situated to the left of centre, flanked by two light casement windows, all of which are slightly recessed and have cambered heads. The first floor has small pane horizontal sliding sash windows. There is an internal stack at the left end, and the right end stack was originally part of the adjacent house at No. 133. The interior has not been inspected. This house is included in the listing for its group value with other nearby buildings.
Local climate
129, 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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