Howard Town House is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1978. House.

Howard Town House

WRENN ID
grim-glass-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1978
Type
House
Address
Howard Town House, 28, High Street East
OS grid reference
SK 036 940
Coordinates
53.44319, -1.94669
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Howard Town House is a former mill owner's house that has been converted into offices. It was built in the early 19th century and has undergone alterations in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed from coursed millstone grit with ashlar dressings and features a hipped stone slate roof with two ashlar ridge stacks.

The house has a double-pile plan and stands two stories tall. It has a moulded wooden eaves cornice and the street-facing side has a four-window range. There is an off-centre round-headed doorway that features a glazed and panelled door along with a fanlight that has decorative glazing bars, all set within a moulded architrave with a keystone. To the left of the doorway is a single plain horned sash window, while to the right are two plain horned sashes, both with wedge lintels. Above, there are four similar sash windows.

The right side of the building has a single 20th-century window, and the rear elevation also has a four-window range. It features an off-centre doorway in a flush ashlar surround, flanked by single plain horned sashes. To the left is a single similar sash, and beyond the doorway is another in a flush ashlar surround with a panel door. Above this, there is a tall round-headed staircase window with margin light glazing, flanked by single plain horned sashes, and to the left is a single opening with paired plain horned sashes.

Inside, the house contains stucco cornices, ceiling roses, and round-headed niches, along with mouldings featuring paterae on the doorways, which are set in deep panelled architraves. Several fireplaces remain, although all except the kitchen fireplace are boarded over. The main staircase rises from the hall in two flights to the first floor.

Local climate

Howard Town House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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