53 and 55, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. House.
53 and 55, High Street
- WRENN ID
- lesser-rampart-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- 53 and 55, High Street, Halstead, CO9 2JD
- OS grid reference
- TL 813 306
- Coordinates
- 51.94435, 0.63682
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 53 and 55 on High Street are 17th-century buildings that were altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. They are two storeys high with attics and feature a timber-framed structure that is plastered, with tiled roofs. The front has a three-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars, and there is a moulded cornice along with a parapet wall. The buildings also have modern shopfronts.
Local climate
53 and 55, High Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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