20, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. House, shop. 6 related planning applications.
20, High Street
- WRENN ID
- silent-paling-sepia
- 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
- 20, High Street, ME1 1PT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 742 687
- Coordinates
- 51.39073, 0.50269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 20 High Street is a former house that has been converted into a shop with accommodation above. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of brown brick with a Kent clay tile roof that is hipped towards the street. There is a right-hand lateral brick stack. The building stands at 3½ storeys tall and features a three-window range. A prominent cornice is located below the renewed blocking courses.
On the first floor, the principal room is highlighted by 15-pane hornless sash windows that are recessed under round-headed arches, which are divided by pilasters with panelled stucco capitals. There are delicate lattice-work iron railings on the balcony. The second floor and upper half-storey windows are situated under flat brick arches, with 12 and 6-pane hornless sashes respectively. Contemporary rainwater goods are positioned between Nos 18 and 20.
The ground floor retains four debased Ionic piers from the early shop front, while the rest features a mid-20th century plate glass window set in an opaque glazed surround. Some sash windows can be found at the rear of the building. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
20, 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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