2, 4, 6, 8 and 8a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. A C17 House.
2, 4, 6, 8 and 8a, High Street
- WRENN ID
- pale-lancet-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2, 4, 6, 8 and 8a, High Street, Wivenhoe
- OS grid reference
- TM 038 215
- Coordinates
- 51.85494, 0.95896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 2, 4, 6, 8, and 8A on High Street are buildings from the 17th century and later. They feature a central timber-framed double range with lower two-storey extensions on both the north and south sides, which are made of painted brick. The central range has a parapet with an eaves band and a semi-hexagonal bow window on the first storey. There is a shop front from around 1900 on the ground floor, consisting of three bays and five modern pilasters. The north extension has a slate roof and two small-paned sash windows on the first storey, along with a 19th-century door and case on both the north and south sides. There are modern windows throughout, and the overall plan is complex with several extensions at the rear.
Local climate
2, 4, 6, 8 and 8a, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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