1, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
1, High Street
- WRENN ID
- peeling-moulding-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1, High Street, Alton, ST10 4AQ
- OS grid reference
- SK 072 422
- Coordinates
- 52.97743, -1.89316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, dated 1771, with later alterations. It is constructed of red brick with an ashlar plinth and quoins of unequal length, and has a plain tile roof with coped verges and brick end stacks. The house is aligned north-east/south-west, facing south-east. It has two storeys and two windows. The windows are glazing bar casements with wedge lintels. A large 20th-century window is located on the ground floor to the left, and has a cornice hood. A half-glazed door is situated to the left of centre, replacing a blocked doorway immediately to its right; the lintel above the blocked doorway is inscribed "G I E No. 1 High Street". The property occupies a prominent corner position at the junction with New Road, and is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
1, High Street receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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 2000
- 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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