156, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1971. House. 9 related planning applications.
156, High Street
- WRENN ID
- proud-forge-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- 156, High Street, CO1 1PG
- OS grid reference
- TL 994 252
- Coordinates
- 51.88981, 0.89732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 156 on High Street is a building dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. The front is made of grey gault brick, while the rear is constructed of red brick. The building stands three storeys tall and features two sash windows with glazing bars, along with a canted French window on the first floor. The ground floor has a modern shop front and an arched doorway framed by a rusticated stucco architrave. A cast iron balcony is present on the first floor. The upper floors have brick pilasters at either end and a sunk panel in the centre. The building is topped with a parapet and has a slate roof. No 156 is part of a group that includes Nos 156 to 158 (consecutive) and the Albert Hall.
Local climate
156, High Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 9 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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