55 and 57, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
55 and 57, High Street
- WRENN ID
- kindled-remnant-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- 55 and 57, High Street, Meldreth, CB22 6RP
- OS grid reference
- TL 375 460
- Coordinates
- 52.09594, 0.0072
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 55 and 57 on High Street are two dwellings that were originally a single house built in the late 17th century or early 18th century, with a later extension added in the 19th century. The building is timber framed, rendered, and has a tile roof with a grey brick ridge stack positioned at right angles to the ridge. It is two storeys high and features a three-bay lobby entry plan.
On the first floor, there are four 20th-century casement windows. The original doorway opposite the stack has been blocked, while there is a doorway to No. 57 on the right with a boarded door. This dwelling also has one twelve-pane hung sash window and two late 20th-century casements. A noticeable change in height at the eaves level and the plinth indicates that the bay at the north end was built during a different period.
At the rear of No. 55, there is a parlour range added in the early 19th century, which is framed and stuccoed with a slate roof and a grey brick stack. This section is also two storeys high and has two flush frame, twelve-pane hung sash windows on each storey. Inside No. 55, there are details from around 1840, including a fireplace surround.
Local climate
55 and 57, 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
- 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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