69 AND 70, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. A Georgian Commercial.
69 AND 70, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- sombre-transept-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- Commercial
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- 69 AND 70, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information), 70a and 70b
- OS grid reference
- TL 999 252
- Coordinates
- 51.88976, 0.90463
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 69 and 70 on High Street are buildings with origins in the 17th century. They feature a timber-framed and plastered structure with tiled roofs. The front is faced in early 18th-century brick, topped with a coping. The buildings rise three storeys and have a seven-window range on the first floor, which includes double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. There is a moulded brick band between the ground and first floors, although this has been partly removed. The ground floor has undergone some alterations and includes a small shop front at No 70A.
No 69 has an open pediment doorcase with a semi-circular fanlight and a six-panel door. No 70 features a rectangular fanlight with a heavy cornice head and a six-panel door. No 70B has a similar doorcase but is adorned with carved brackets.
These buildings, along with Nos 67 to 75 and No 1 Queen Street, form a cohesive group.
Local climate
69 AND 70, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information) 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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