Four Limes is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1971. House. 1 related planning application.
Four Limes
- WRENN ID
- scarred-chapel-violet
- 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
- Address
- Four Limes, 17, the Hill, Wheathampstead, AL4 8JN
- OS grid reference
- TL 177 137
- Coordinates
- 51.80997, -0.29367
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Four Limes is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier, featuring a painted brick front from the 18th century. It has early to mid-19th century details and a gabled extension on the north side, topped with a slate roof. The building has two storeys, with the 18th-century front displaying a floor band and five flush sash windows on the first floor, along with two casement bay windows. The entrance features an elliptical door arch and a half-glazed door. A ridge chimney stack from the early to mid-17th century is present. The north block includes one casement window. Inside, the house has exposed floor beams and an open-well staircase styled after 17th-century designs.
Local climate
Four Limes 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.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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