1-8, High Street South is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1983. A C19 Terrace. 5 related planning applications.
1-8, High Street South
- WRENN ID
- endless-foundation-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1983
- Type
- Terrace
- Address
- 1-8, High Street South, Olney, MK46 4AA
- OS grid reference
- SP 889 511
- Coordinates
- 52.15139, -0.7019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century terrace of eight cottages located on the west side of High Street South in Olney. The buildings are constructed of red brick with stone quoins. They have slate roofs and brick stacks, with moulded brick eaves. Each cottage features two four-pane sash windows, with painted voussoir heads and keyblocks. A central four-panelled door is present in each, accompanied by a rectangular fanlight and a wooden doorcase. The doorcase is characterized by fluted pilasters, panelled sections within the frieze, and a flat moulded cornice hood.
Local climate
1-8, High Street South 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 23 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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