17, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1984. House. 1 related planning application.

17, High Street

WRENN ID
stark-gateway-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1984
Type
House
Address
17, High Street, Chippenham
OS grid reference
TL 662 698
Coordinates
52.30118, 0.43706
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 17 High Street is a house dating from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of painted local brick and has modern interlocking tiles on the roof. The building features parapet gables and an end stack, presenting a symmetrical facade over two storeys. A dentil brick cornice runs along the top. The front has three casement windows with glazing bars on the first floor and two on the ground floor, all set in flat arches. The entrance is marked by a six-panelled door within a segmental arch. This property is included for its group value with other nearby buildings.

Local climate

17, High Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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