49 and 51, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. House. 3 related planning applications.
49 and 51, High Street
- WRENN ID
- rooted-forge-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- 49 and 51, High Street, Halstead, CO9 2JD
- OS grid reference
- TL 813 306
- Coordinates
- 51.9444, 0.63688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 49 and 51 on High Street are early 16th century buildings with a 17th century wing at the west end. They are two storeys high with attics, constructed from timber framing and plastered, and feature tiled roofs. The buildings have cellars and have undergone alterations in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries to their fronts. The façade includes a three-window range with double hung sashes that have glazing bars, and there is a plaster cornice. Inside, early 16th century moulded beams, some 17th century turned balustrading, and remnants of a stair-tower can be seen.
Local climate
49 and 51, 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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