Elms is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. House.

Elms

WRENN ID
kindled-attic-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
House
Address
Elms, 59, High Road, Essendon
OS grid reference
TL 274 085
Coordinates
51.76094, -0.1545
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Elms is a house that dates from the early to mid-19th century at the front, with a 17th-century rear wing on the north side. The building is constructed of brown brick, featuring gauged red brick window lintels, and has a slate roof. It stands two storeys tall with a sunken basement. The front facade includes three flush sash windows with moulded frames and 9/6-pane glazing. There is a flush panel door topped with a radiating fanlight, and a porch supported by slender Tuscan columns with a moulded cornice. The south gable end has a blocked attic roundel and two segmental-headed windows. The rear wing, which is on the north side, is plastered and features a three-light oak mullioned window on the ground floor.

Local climate

Elms 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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