257 and 259, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1949. Shop and residential. 2 related planning applications.
257 and 259, High Street
- WRENN ID
- silent-cloister-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1949
- Type
- Shop and residential
- Address
- 257 and 259, High Street, CM16 4BP
- OS grid reference
- TL 460 022
- Coordinates
- 51.70002, 0.11212
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 257 and 259 High Street are 18th-century buildings that stand two storeys tall and feature three windows. The walls are plastered, and they have a tiled roof with eaves. The ground floor of No 259 has a reproduction period shop front that includes two bow windows, each with 24 lights, a reeded centre window, a surround, a cornice, and a frieze. The shop front for No 257 dates from the 19th century. These buildings are part of a group that includes Nos 257 to 263 (odd).
Local climate
257 and 259, 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 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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