79, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. House, shop. 3 related planning applications.
79, High Street
- WRENN ID
- noble-lead-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- 79, High Street, ME1 1LX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 743 685
- Coordinates
- 51.3893, 0.50431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century house with a shop, substantially rebuilt in the late 20th century. It is located on High Street, Rochester. The building is constructed of brick with a Kent tile roof, and has weatherboarding to the rear. It is two storeys high, with a symmetrical three-window front. A parapet features stone coping, and a prominent moulded brick cornice which does not run the full width of the building. The first-floor windows are tall, 18-pane hornless sashes with blank panels above. A late 20th century shopfront is present at street level, styled to resemble a circa 1900 design. The rear elevation has a three-window range with 16-pane hornless sashes. The interior has not been inspected. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
79, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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.
- Sale history — 12 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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