16 and 17, High Town is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1973. Shop, dwelling. 9 related planning applications.

16 and 17, High Town

WRENN ID
south-flue-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1973
Type
Shop, dwelling
Address
16 and 17, High Town, Hereford
OS grid reference
SO 510 400
Coordinates
52.05632, -2.71507
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

16 and 17 High Town are shops and dwellings that date from the 15th to 17th centuries, with an 18th-century front and later alterations. The building is constructed of painted brick and features a slate roof with a brick buttress stack on the right side. It stands four storeys tall and has a four-window range. The first and second floors have 19th-century plain sash windows set under gauged brick flat arches, while the third and sixth windows above have 3/6 sashes. The building has a coped parapet and a 20th-century shop front, with a passage to the rear on the left side. Inside, there is 15th-century timber-framing at the first-floor level at the front of the building. The original 15th-century ceiling frame and plaster are mostly intact but have been covered by 17th-century plasterwork.

Local climate

16 and 17, High Town receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 9 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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