North Hertfordshire District Council Offices is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. Council offices. 4 related planning applications.
North Hertfordshire District Council Offices
- WRENN ID
- mired-rafter-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- Council offices
- Address
- North Hertfordshire District Council Offices, Brand Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 183 292
- Coordinates
- 51.94906, -0.27945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The North Hertfordshire District Council Offices, formerly known as the Old Town Hall, are a monumental rectangular building of stone constructed in the mid-19th century by Bellamy, in the Italian style. The building features light rustication and horizontal bands at first-floor level. It has a massive cornice, developed with simple modillions, and a hipped slate roof. The facade has a five-by-three window arrangement, with the taller windows on the piano nobile embellished with hoods raised by a blank panel above their heads. A massive central entrance porch projects from the front.
Local climate
North Hertfordshire District Council Offices sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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