72, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Basildon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1970. House.

72, High Street

WRENN ID
rusted-moat-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Basildon
Constituency
Basildon and Billericay MP: Mr Richard Holden (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1970
Type
House
Address
72, High Street, Billericay
OS grid reference
TQ 674 945
Coordinates
51.62524, 0.4176
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 72 on High Street is a remaining gable of a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered house. It has two storeys and features one window range, which is a double-hung sash with glazing bars. The ground storey includes a 20th-century shopfront. The roof is tiled. This building is included for its group value with No 72 and 74, as well as Nos 91 to 95 (odd).

Local climate

72, High Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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