44 and 45, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1953. Commercial, residential. 2 related planning applications.
44 and 45, High Street
- WRENN ID
- tangled-loft-meadow
- 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
- Commercial, residential
- Address
- 44 and 45, High Street, Kington, HR5 3BJ
- OS grid reference
- SO 297 566
- Coordinates
- 52.20347, -3.0297
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
44 and 45 High Street are shops and dwellings dating from the late 18th century. The buildings are constructed of stucco over stone rubble, topped with a slate roof and featuring a brick end stack. They rise three storeys and include a cellar, with a four-window range showcasing 6/6 sash windows in moulded architraves on the first and second floors. The façade is adorned with pilasters and bracketed eaves. The early 20th-century shopfronts have central entrances and a continuous fascia board, with No. 45 also featuring clerestory lights. On the right side, there is a 6/6 sash window in the gable.
Local climate
44 and 45, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- 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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