19, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. House, shop.

19, High Street

WRENN ID
hushed-tallow-clover
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
OS grid reference
TQ 742 687
Coordinates
51.39076, 0.50306
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 19 High Street is a house with a shop, built in 1769, as indicated by the rainwater head. The building is constructed of red brick with fine pointing and features a Kent tile roof. It stands three storeys high and has a two-window range. The original parapet has been concealed, and there are flat rubbed brick window arches with stone sills. The first floor has 12-pane hornless sash windows, while the second floor has 16-pane sash windows. The ground floor includes a 19th-century shop front with a cornice and console brackets, along with a panelled plinth and renewed windows that have glazing bars. The interior has been significantly altered.

Local climate

19, 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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