38, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1953. House.
38, High Street
- WRENN ID
- hidden-courtyard-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- 38, High Street, Redbourn
- OS grid reference
- TL 107 122
- Coordinates
- 51.79814, -0.39512
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 38 High Street is a house dating from the early 18th century, featuring a small contemporary wing to the south. The building is constructed of dark red brick with light red brick vertical banding and has gauged red brick lintels. It has a steeply pitched slate roof and stands two storeys high. The facade includes seven flush sash windows, with four on the upper floor that have brick aprons. There is a continuous wooden eaves cornice with square modillions. The entrance is off-centre, featuring a restored arched surround. The south wing has two sash windows on the ground floor and one on the upper floor, with some exposed timber framing visible. Inside the main house, there are timber frame and brick partitions. The rear elevation features a contemporary brick and timber frame gabled projection on the north side, which includes an external end stack.
Local climate
38, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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