8, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1993. Shop, dwelling. 1 related planning application.
8, High Street
- WRENN ID
- lost-vault-cedar
- 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
- 8, High Street, Kington, HR5 3AX
- OS grid reference
- SO 297 566
- Coordinates
- 52.20371, -3.02958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A shop and dwelling, now a hairdresser's and flats, demonstrates a combination of 17th and 19th-century construction. The building has a roughcast front and a Welsh slate roof, with a rubble stack at the rear. It is two storeys high, with an attic and cellar, and features a three-window front. The upper windows are 6/6 sash windows in broad, moulded surrounds. A 20th-century dormer contains three 2-light casements. The right-hand entrance has a six-panel door and a plain overlight. A 19th-century shopfront includes a centrally positioned glazed and panelled door with a barred overlight, flanked by plate-glass windows, all framed by fluted pilasters. A fascia board and simple moulded hood complete the shopfront. At the rear, there is a 17th-century timber-framed wing with a blocked three-light wood mullion window, alongside various other openings and entrances. The interior retains ceiling beams and exposed altered timber framing.
Local climate
8, 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 — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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