2, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1972. Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.
2, High Street
- WRENN ID
- muted-brick-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1972
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 2, High Street, Ely, CB7 4JU
- OS grid reference
- TL 540 803
- Coordinates
- 52.3995, 0.2626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 2 High Street is an early 19th-century building that is plastered and stands three storeys tall. It features a three-window arrangement on both the north and west fronts, with double-hung sash windows that have glazing bars set in cased frames. The ground floor has a 20th-century office front that is rusticated. The roof is slate, hipped, and has a bracketed eaves soffit. This building is included for its group value with No 2 (Lamb Hotel) on Lynn Road and No 3 on Minister Place.
Local climate
2, High Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 1 transaction since 2024
- 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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