14 and 15, High Town is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1973. Shops, dwellings. 7 related planning applications.

14 and 15, High Town

WRENN ID
crooked-lintel-thyme
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
Shops, dwellings
Address
14 and 15, High Town, Hereford, HR1 2AA
OS grid reference
SO 510 400
Coordinates
52.05678, -2.71522
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

14 and 15 High Town are shops and dwellings, now used as shops, dating from the early 18th century. The buildings are constructed of painted brick and feature a Welsh slate roof with three hipped gables at the front, with a diagonal brick ridge stack at the center. They rise to four storeys and have a four-window range. On the left, there are two late 19th-century plain sash windows with cambered heads, and above them are 9/9 and 6/6 sash windows. To the right, there are 20th-century 6/9 horizontal casements. The windows are set within segmental arches and there are storeybands, along with a restored leaded parapet. The shop fronts were added in the 20th century.

At the rear, there are two earlier 17th-century gables with some brick-on-edge infill, various lights and casements, and a sliding sash window in a moulded case. There is also an 18th-century 8/8 sash window on the ground floor. Further gables above feature 18th and 19th-century framing with brick infill and render, as well as a buttress stack. A timber-framed wing is present at the rear.

Inside No. 14, there is a mid-18th-century dogleg staircase with turned balusters and a moulded string and rail, along with a 19th-century staircase to the third floor. The third floor has a cast-iron corner fireplace and plank doors with wrought-iron hinges. The second floor features 17th-century panelling and a door with a carved frieze, a mid-19th-century corner fireplace with a cast-iron and marble surround, and a massive corner stack. The cellar has some stone lining. The rear wing has a 19th-century stair to the first floor, an exposed frame, a late 19th-century plank door, and the first floor has a chamfered ceiling frame, panelling, a plank door leading to a vaulted passage with exposed timber-framing, and exposed ceiling beams at the front, along with a corbelled stack.

In No. 15, there is a 19th-century dogleg staircase with stick balusters. The attic has a blocked corner fireplace and an 18th-century moulded plank door. The third floor also has a blocked corner fireplace. The second floor features a 19th-century fire surround at the front, an 18th-century cupboard, and ceiling beams with stop-moulded plates. The rear wing has early 17th-century timber-framing and late 19th-century stick baluster stairs from the first to the second floors, along with panelling on the first floor. The cellar is stone-lined and has a blocked doorway with an oak frame. Timber-framing is visible above the first floor level.

Local climate

14 and 15, 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
  • Related listed building consents — 7 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
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