59, 61 and 63, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1991. Shop. 2 related planning applications.
59, 61 and 63, High Street
- WRENN ID
- young-soffit-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1991
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- 59, 61 and 63, High Street, ME1 1LX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 743 686
- Coordinates
- 51.38971, 0.50397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-19th century building comprising two shops with living accommodation above, located on High Street, Rochester. The building is constructed of red brick with fine pointing, stone dressings, and has a Kent tile roof running parallel to the street, featuring two gabled dormers and brick stacks. The front elevation is three storeys high and has a regular five-window range. Notable features include a prominent moulded cornice and stucco quoining. The upper floor windows are plate glass 4-pane horned sashes, set in heavy stone (or stucco) moulded surrounds; the second-floor windows are lugged with keystones, and the sills have brackets. The early 20th century shopfronts have large fascias, console brackets, and plate glass windows, with the shopfront for numbers 59-61 returning along Northgate. The Northgate elevation is relatively plain, with horned sash windows. One of two rear wings fronts onto Northgate.
Local climate
59, 61 and 63, 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 — 17 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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