48 and 49, Aldgate High Street EC3 is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1977. Commercial. 4 related planning applications.

48 and 49, Aldgate High Street EC3

WRENN ID
mired-entrance-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1977
Type
Commercial
Address
48 and 49, Aldgate High Street EC3, City and County of the City of London, EC3N 1AL
OS grid reference
TQ 337 812
Coordinates
51.5142, -0.07422
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building pair, numbers 48 and 49 Aldgate High Street, dates to the mid-18th century. It is a two-window building of four storeys plus a hipped, tiled mansard roof. The exterior is yellow brick with red brick dressings. It features a moulded dentil cornice and parapet. The ground storey houses a shop, and the facade includes metal straps.

Local climate

48 and 49, Aldgate High Street EC3 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 95% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 1 transaction since 2024
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • 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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