22 and 23, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1993. A C19 Shop, dwelling. 3 related planning applications.
22 and 23, High Street
- WRENN ID
- silver-stone-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 December 1993
- Type
- Shop, dwelling
- Address
- 22 and 23, High Street, Kington, HR5 3AX
- OS grid reference
- SO 296 566
- Coordinates
- 52.20339, -3.03078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
22 and 23 High Street are shops and dwellings with a 19th-century front and a 17th-century core. The building features stucco over timber-frame construction and has a 20th-century hipped pantile roof. It is three storeys tall with a cellar and has a single-window range that includes a 20th-century, three-light casement and two 20th-century casements. The early 20th-century shopfront has a half-glazed panelled door with a plain overlight situated between canted plate-glass windows, along with a moulded fascia-board and hood.
On the right side, the building has stucco with 17th-century and later timber-framing that includes brick infill. It features a 20th-century light and a late 19th-century two-over-two sash window in a moulded case, along with a 19th-century three-over-three sash and a two-light casement on the second floor. There is a 20th-century door and a blocked light. The rear has a 20th-century stack and a reduced massive rubble stack. The wing has a canted gable with a hoist-door under a leaded light, and a parallel wing with a 20th-century light in a roughcast gable, above painted rubble with a 19th-century part-glazed door in a moulded case.
Local climate
22 and 23, High Street receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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