55-59, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1964. Commercial building.

55-59, King Street

WRENN ID
vast-stone-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1964
Type
Commercial building
Address
55-59, King Street, Royston
OS grid reference
TL 356 405
Coordinates
52.04658, -0.0239
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 55 to 59 on King Street are a 18th century building that has been refaced from an earlier structure. The exterior is roughcast with an old tiled roof. The building is two storeys tall, featuring sash windows, while the front part has three storeys with the upper floors oversailing. No 59 has a partly red brick ground floor. This group also includes Nos 41 to 67 (odd) and the barns adjoining the north end of No 41 and No 43A.

Local climate

55-59, King 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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