32 and 33, Bancroft is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1974. House. 1 related planning application.

32 and 33, Bancroft

WRENN ID
bitter-foundation-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1974
Type
House
Address
32 and 33, Bancroft, SG5 1LA
OS grid reference
TL 185 294
Coordinates
51.95123, -0.27663
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

32 and 33 Bancroft are buildings dating from the 17th century or earlier. They feature a timber frame with a whitewashed roughcast exterior and a tiled roof. The buildings have two storeys, with the upper floor extending over the lower one. There are 19th-century shop windows on the ground floor and three casement windows on the first floor. Number 30 and Nos 32 to 34, which are consecutive, form a group.

Local climate

32 and 33, Bancroft sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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