72-78, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. Terrace house. 11 related planning applications.
72-78, High Street
- WRENN ID
- third-granite-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- Terrace house
- Address
- 72-78, High Street, Oakham, LE15 6AS
- OS grid reference
- SK 858 087
- Coordinates
- 52.66982, -0.73136
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th century terrace of buildings on the south side of High Street. It comprises eight houses, numbered 72 to 78, and is characterised by its good proportions. The buildings are three storeys high, constructed of red brick with a wide projecting eaves cornice made of wood. Each house has three windows, set in plain reveals. The entrances feature six-panel doors with semi-circular glazed fanlights, all set within recessed doorways with semi-circular heads. Number 78 has a four-panel door, with glass panels. The roof is slate, with a hipped profile.
Local climate
72-78, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 2000
- Related listed building consents — 11 applications
- 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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