High Birch is a Grade II* listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1952. House. 1 related planning application.
High Birch
- WRENN ID
- scattered-loggia-grove
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- High Birch, Upper Bush Road, Cuxton, ME2 1HQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 695 667
- Coordinates
- 51.3749, 0.43441
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
High Birch is a late 15th-century hall-house that has been converted into a house and restored in the 20th century. It features a timber frame with a plain tiled roof that is hipped to the north and gabled to the south, complete with an end stack and a ridge stack to the north. The building has one gabled semi-dormer and stands two storeys tall, showcasing an irregular front with three casement windows. The ends of the house are jettied, and there is a later extension at the north-west corner. Inside, there are two service doorways with four-centred arches and raised lintels, a large moulded bressumer over the fireplace, and a cambered tie-beam supported by curved braces, along with simple chamfers and a cruciform crown-post.
Local climate
High Birch 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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