49 and 50, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1953. Shop and dwelling. 2 related planning applications.
49 and 50, High Street
- WRENN ID
- old-stone-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1953
- Type
- Shop and dwelling
- Address
- 49 and 50, High Street, Kington, HR5 3BJ
- OS grid reference
- SO 297 566
- Coordinates
- 52.20355, -3.02935
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building comprises a shop and dwelling with an 18th-century front built onto a 17th-century core. The exterior is roughcast with a Welsh slate roof featuring a central gable. The two-story structure has an attic and a two-window front. On the left is a 6/6 sash window within a broad surround. The right-hand window is a tripartite design with a 6:12:6 pattern, featuring a semi-circular head within a moulded architrave; the eaves have boarded soffits. A small gable above contains a 20th-century two-light casement window and weatherboarding. A shop front from the early 20th century features part-glazed double doors. To the left is a 20th-century door, and to the right, a plank door, all beneath a moulded wood fascia board with a hood. Inside, exposed ceiling beams are visible.
Local climate
49 and 50, 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.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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