16, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1966. House.
16, High Street
- WRENN ID
- pitched-thatch-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- 16, High Street, Desford
- OS grid reference
- SK 478 033
- Coordinates
- 52.62537, -1.29508
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 16 High Street is a house dating from around 1600, with alterations made in the 20th century. It features a timber frame with square panels and curved braces, brick nogging, and a Swithland stone plinth. The roof is made of Swithland slate and has a single brick gable stack. The building is a single storey with attics and has a single bay front, comprising four bays of timber framing. On the ground floor, there is a 20th-century three-light window, with a smaller similar window above it, topped by a slate eyebrow. To the right, there is a very small fixed light. The gable end includes a 20th-century planked entrance door and a three-light casement window, both located on the ground floor.
Local climate
16, High Street receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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