2, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1975. Former bank. 7 related planning applications.

2, High Street

WRENN ID
sleeping-lintel-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 February 1975
Type
Former bank
Address
2, High Street, CM1 1BE
OS grid reference
TL 708 068
Coordinates
51.7345, 0.47341
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

2, High Street is a former bank built in 1905, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. The building is three storeys high with attics. It is constructed of red brick and has a five-window front. The upper-storey windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, set within flush cased frames. The ground-floor windows have brick rustications. Brick pilasters divide the upper-storey windows, and these pilasters have stone Ionic capitals supporting bold consoles which carry an eaves cornice. There are two doorways, one round-arched with rustications and an open pediment, and the other with a stone architrave, a keystone, and a pediment. The roof is slate-covered, with five dormers, alternating between semi-circular and triangular pediments.

Local climate

2, High Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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 2015
  • Related listed building consents — 7 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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