53 and 55, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Halton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1965. A C18 Town house.
53 and 55, High Street
- WRENN ID
- moated-steeple-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Halton
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1965
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- 53 and 55, High Street, WA7 1AQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 512 829
- Coordinates
- 53.34125, -2.73314
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 53 and 55 High Street is an early 18th-century town house that has been converted into offices. It is constructed of red brick with stone detailing and features a slate roof. The building stands three stories tall and has three bays, with a two-story, two-bay wing to the west and a five-bay return to the east. The corners are accentuated by stone rusticated quoins. The entrance boasts a pedimented door case supported by Doric columns, with a fluted frieze that frames a six-panel door featuring fielded upper panels. There are stone fluted bands at the sill level of the first and second floors, as well as below the cornice. The windows are near flush sash style, fitted with glazing bars and topped with stone heads that are marked with voussoirs.
Local climate
53 and 55, High Street receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% 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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