22 and 24, High Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. House. 5 related planning applications.

22 and 24, High Street

WRENN ID
rusted-cobalt-poplar
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1950
Type
House
Address
22 and 24, High Street, Halstead
OS grid reference
TL 814 306
Coordinates
51.94506, 0.63798
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 22 and 24 on High Street is a large red brick house built in the latter half of the 18th century by Jas Scarlet, who died in 1807. The building has three storeys and cellars, topped with a red plain tile roof featuring two hipped ends. It has a five-window range, plus an additional two-window range at the west end, with double-hung sashes and glazing bars set in plain reveals.

The central first floor features a Venetian window with an Ionic order, topped by a Diocletian window. The front of the building breaks forward under a pediment, which contains one window range. It has a parapet, a stone modillioned cornice, a moulded stone coat of arms beneath the pediment, and a stone band between the ground and first floors. There are two central doorways with six-panelled doors and a three-pillared common porch, accessed by steps with iron handrails.

On the ground floor, there is a modern brick bay at the east end. The rear of the building showcases a good brick facade with three-storey bay windows on each side. Inside, there is high-quality late 18th-century detailing, including some murals. The roof construction is original, and there are signs in the cellars of an earlier building on the site.

Local climate

22 and 24, 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2017
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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  • 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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