79 and 81, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1983. A Medieval Hall house.
79 and 81, High Street
- WRENN ID
- stranded-eave-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1983
- Type
- Hall house
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- 79 and 81, High Street, Ramsey
- OS grid reference
- TL 288 850
- Coordinates
- 52.4484, -0.1055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 79 and 81 High Street is an early 15th-century hall house with two bays. It is timber-framed and features an original crown-post roof. The building has two storeys and a 19th-century painted brick facade, which includes corbelled eaves, two modern shop windows, and a central doorway with a cambered arch. This structure is one of seven surviving medieval town buildings and was originally part of a common facade with No 83.
Local climate
79 and 81, 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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