32-42, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Solihull local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1972. Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.
32-42, High Street
- WRENN ID
- first-groin-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Solihull
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East MP: Saqib Bhatti (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1972
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 32-42, High Street, Hampton in Arden, B92 0AA
- OS grid reference
- SP 203 808
- Coordinates
- 52.42568, -1.70236
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dated 1868 and designed by W.E. Nesfield, this building is a block of shops and dwellings constructed in a vernacular style. The ground floor is of red brick, while the first floor has a pargetted overhang. The roof is tiled, with two hipped half-dormers and a gable on the left-hand side. The building has tall, flush, four-light wood mullion windows with lattice casements. Prominent, panelled and moulded red brick chimneystacks rise above the roofline. A stone panel displays the date of construction. The building forms a group with Nos. 22 to 42 (even) along High Street.
Local climate
32-42, High Street receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 11 transactions since 1997
- 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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