156 High Street, Stevenage is a Grade II* listed building in the Stevenage local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1975. House.

156 High Street, Stevenage

WRENN ID
wild-turret-lark
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Stevenage
Constituency
Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1975
Type
House
Address
156 High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
OS grid reference
TL 234 247
Coordinates
51.90758, -0.20671
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

156 High Street in Stevenage is a timber-framed house dating from the 18th century, which is finished in stucco and features a steeply pitched roof covered in red clay tiles, topped with a red-brick ridge stack. The building has a square plan with a rear projection on the west side.

The exterior consists of two storeys and two bays, showcasing flush, eight-over-eight pane sash windows. The entrance is slightly off-centre and features a six-panelled door with a ribbed surround, roundels at the corners, and a cut bracketed hood.

Inside, the house has a crown-post roof that is braced only to the collar purlin.

Local climate

156 High Street, Stevenage 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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