50 High Street Somersham is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1982. House. 2 related planning applications.

50 High Street Somersham

WRENN ID
western-pavement-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Huntingdonshire
Constituency
Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 1982
Type
House
Address
50 High Street Somersham, Huntingdon, PE28 3JB
OS grid reference
TL 362 778
Coordinates
52.38201, -0.00013
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

50 High Street in Somersham is a 19th-century building made of colour-washed brick and topped with a slate roof. It has a square plan with stacks at both ends.

The front of the building is flat and features three hung sash windows with glazing bars and cambered arches on the first floor. On the ground floor, there is one similar window alongside a mid-20th century shop front with glazing bars. To the right, there is a recessed wing that includes a semi-circular headed hung sash window above a carriageway entry with timber doors. The original structure has been extended across the entire rear, likely in the mid-19th century, resulting in an asymmetrical roof profile. The back has two eight-over-eight top-hung sash windows, a 20th-century casement window on the ground floor, and additional 20th-century casement windows on the first floor. There is also a small single-storey cross-wing added in the 20th century at the south corner, featuring a reused sash window and a modern door. The south-eastern gable has a small semi-circular headed arch window at the upper level.

Inside, the ground floor includes a lounge, study, dining room, and kitchen, all accessed from a central hallway. Fireplaces are present in the lounge, study, and dining room, and the study retains a herringbone-patterned glazed brick floor. A staircase at the south end of the hall leads down to a basement and up to the first floor, which contains six bedrooms and a bathroom.

Local climate

50 High Street Somersham 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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