8 and 10, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1971. House and shop. 6 related planning applications.
8 and 10, High Street
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-truss-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1971
- Type
- House and shop
- Address
- 8 and 10, High Street, Wheathampstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 177 140
- Coordinates
- 51.81311, -0.29367
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 8 and 10 High Street is a house and shop dating from the 17th century, featuring an exposed timber frame. It likely has an earlier core in No 10. The exterior is roughcast, plaster, and painted brick, topped with a gabled cross wing on the right and a plain tile roof. The building is 1-2 storeys high and has a 5-window range divided into 4 parts. On the left, there is a single storey with gabled eaves attic and a canted bay on the ground floor. In the centre, the two-storey section has a 18th-century three-light leaded casement window on the first floor. The cross wing to the right displays a clasped purlin roof and 20th-century casements. At the far right, there is a 17th-century single storey timber frame outshut, which now features a 20th-century shop window. A large stack is located at the rear centre of the building.
Local climate
8 and 10, High Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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