4 and 5, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1994. Shop. 2 related planning applications.

4 and 5, High Street

WRENN ID
stark-keep-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 April 1994
Type
Shop
Address
4 and 5, High Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, CV37 6AU
OS grid reference
SP 201 549
Coordinates
52.19246, -1.7062
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

4 and 5 High Street is a shop built in 1920 by the architects Osborn, Pemberton and White, with FC Bayliss as the architect for WH Smith and Son. The building features a brick structure with a timber-frame facade and a tiled roof. It stands three storeys high and has a three-window range. The large shop front includes windows with upper leaded lights, 20th-century doors with leaded overlights, and end consoles to the cornice with a canvas canopy. There is a Tudor-headed entrance on the left with a plank door.

On the first floor, there are five-light transomed oriels flanking a three-light window above an embossed lead plaque with a quotation from Shakespeare. The second floor features five-light windows with enriched lintels and gablets with enriched barge-boards, flanking another three-light window. The building also has good rainwater heads and downspouts, along with a plain bracket for an old-style painted sign. The rear of the building has been extended to connect with the premises at 17 and 18 Bridge Street.

Inside, there is a staircase with stick balusters and stained-glass lights depicting famous authors, including Shakespeare and Bacon. This building is a well-preserved example of the architecture in Stratford-upon-Avon that reflects the town's Elizabethan heritage, which was being restored during that period.

Local climate

4 and 5, High Street receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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