Alpha Antiques and Kington Supermarket is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1953. House, shop. 2 related planning applications.
Alpha Antiques and Kington Supermarket
- WRENN ID
- sunken-zinc-cedar
- 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
- House, shop
- Address
- Alpha Antiques and Kington Supermarket, 38 and 38a, High Street, HR5 3BJ
- OS grid reference
- SO 296 566
- Coordinates
- 52.20332, -3.03034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This late 18th/early 19th century house, now occupied as Alpha Antiques and Kington Supermarket, was originally built as a dwelling. The building is rendered with a slate roof, a central brick ridge stack, and a large stone stack to the rear. It stands three storeys high, with an attic and cellar, and originally had a four-window front. The upper floors retain 6/6 sash windows with some original glass, set within moulded surrounds. A moulded band and pilasters run along the front, and a modillioned wood cornice sits beneath the eaves. The gable is pedimented, bearing a 2:6:2 light window with an ogee head and moulded architrave. Later 19th-century shopfronts have been inserted, featuring a recessed panelled door and plate-glass windows with ringed glazing shafts, a half-glazed panelled door with a plain fanlight in a moulded case, all beneath an ornate frieze, fascia board, and hood with scrolled consoles.
Local climate
Alpha Antiques and Kington Supermarket 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 — 3 transactions since 2021
- 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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