97a and 97b, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1982. A C19 House and shops.
97a and 97b, High Street
- WRENN ID
- night-rubble-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1982
- Type
- House and shops
- Address
- 97a and 97b, High Street, Somersham
- OS grid reference
- TL 360 779
- Coordinates
- 52.38271, -0.00194
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
97A and 97B on High Street is a mid-19th century house and shops designed in an L-plan. The building is constructed of gault brick and features a low-pitched slate roof that is hipped at the corner. It stands two stories tall. The elevation facing High Street has three slightly recessed bays, each containing one hung sash window with glazing bars. There is also one sealed window opening at the corner. Additionally, there are two late 19th-century shop fronts.
Local climate
97a and 97b, 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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