Holmhurst is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1971. House. 8 related planning applications.

Holmhurst

WRENN ID
vacant-spandrel-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1971
Type
House
Address
Holmhurst, 8, Fishpool Street, AL3 4RT
OS grid reference
TL 143 072
Coordinates
51.75186, -0.34507
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holmhurst is a mid-18th century building located on Fishpool Street. It is two storeys high and features five windows. The exterior is made of brown brick with a parapet, complemented by a moulded red brick cornice and red brick dressings. The roof is hipped and tiled with a moderate pitch. The sash windows, which have glazing bars, are topped with gauged, flat brick arches and have stucco-lined reveals. The doorcase, dating from around 1840, includes a cornice hood supported by scrolled consoles over Doric pilasters. The entrance features a six-panel door with a cornice head and a patterned fanlight.

Local climate

Holmhurst 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 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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