The White Hart is a Grade II* listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. A C15 Pub. 2 related planning applications.
The White Hart
- WRENN ID
- quartered-vestry-hazel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- Pub
- Address
- The White Hart, 25, Holywell Hill, AL1 1EZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 146 069
- Coordinates
- 51.74989, -0.34013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White Hart is a late 15th century range of timber-framed buildings located on Holywell Hill, alongside No 23 and No 25. The structure features two storeys and an attic, with two windows on the front. It has a high-pitched, tiled roof that includes a gabled dormer and a deep overhang above the first-floor window. The front is plastered and has a rusticated quoin on the left side. The first-floor windows are sash windows set in slightly projecting moulded frames, while the ground floor has a neo-classical reproduction shop front.
The main block, shared with No 25, also has two storeys and an attic, with three windows. It showcases fairly close studded timber framing with thin scantlings and tension braces, much of which has been restored. The high-pitched, tiled roof features three gabled dormers, and the walls are filled with plaster. The windows on this block include 4-light wood mullioned and transomed casement windows, although the casements are modern. A later addition includes a stone-coped brick plinth and a recessed central door under a Tudor arch.
The left-hand section, which extends over a carriageway, has two storeys and one window, with a jettied first floor and attic level. This section features close studded, thick timbers on the first floor and a canted bay window with mullions and transoms. The roof of this section is continuous with that of No 23. There is also a rear extension with a high-pitched, hipped, tiled roof. The buildings from Nos 1 to 25 form a cohesive group.
Local climate
The White Hart 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- 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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