Appspond is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. House pair.

Appspond

WRENN ID
gentle-shingle-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St Albans
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Type
House pair
Address
Appspond, 1 and 2, Appspond Lane, St. Michael
OS grid reference
TL 112 055
Coordinates
51.73784, -0.3899
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Appspond is a pair of houses that were originally one long house or a cottage range, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, with alterations made around 1950. The structure is timber framed with plastered walls and a plain tile roof. The front (east) side features continuous additions from around 1950 that imitate timber framing and include leaded casements. The building is two storeys on the northern side and single storey on the southern side. The rear elevation has one storey and attics, with three dormers that are tile-hung and date from the 17th or 18th century. The windows include 19th and 20th-century glazing bar casements. Inside, the building consists of four bays. The northern bay is from the late 17th century and has a slightly taller roof with a large chimney stack at the join. The middle two bays are from the late 16th or early 17th century, while the southern bay is likely from the 17th century.

Local climate

Appspond 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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