Goodrich House is a Grade II* listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1951. A Late C18 House. 1 related planning application.

Goodrich House

WRENN ID
turning-bastion-sienna
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1951
Type
House
Address
Goodrich House, 12, Fore Street, AL9 5AH
OS grid reference
TL 234 085
Coordinates
51.76201, -0.21207
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Goodrich House is a late 18th century red brick house located in Old Hatfield. It features a plain tile gable end roof and consists of two storeys, a basement, and an attic. The façade includes five recessed sash windows with glazing bars and louvred 18th century shutters, along with protective iron grills on the basement windows. The entrance is framed by an Adam style doorcase, which has double doors with large fielded panels and an ornate radiating fan. The doorcase is accented by fielded reveals and three-quarter fluted columns with lotus type capitals. The frieze displays husk festoons and paterae, topped with a dentilled pediment. The house also has five 2-light box casement dormers.

At the rear, the ground floor features a half-glazed door flanked by shallow multi-pane bows. There is a long extension on the west side that ends in a square block with a pyramid roof. This extension is adjacent to 18th century square gate piers with stone finials shaped like bishop's mitres, which flank a wrought iron gate. Inside, the entrance hall showcases a late 18th century screen with fluted Doric pilasters, and there is a rear staircase hall with barley twist balusters.

Local climate

Goodrich House 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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