70-74, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1973. House. 2 related planning applications.
70-74, High Street
- WRENN ID
- under-pinnacle-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- 70-74, High Street, Halstead, CO9 2JG
- OS grid reference
- TL 812 305
- Coordinates
- 51.94393, 0.63544
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 70 to 74 on High Street is a 16th-century building that features a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a hipped red plain tile roof at one end. It stands two storeys tall and has a four-window range of double-hung sash windows. The west end has a painted brick front. Originally, this was two separate structures that jutted out towards the street, and much of the original timber frame is still visible, including some finely moulded bridging joists. The building has a late 19th-century shop front and bay window, along with a modern shop front. At the rear, there are three gabled wings from the 17th century, and an early 19th-century extension with a grey slate roof.
Local climate
70-74, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- 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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