53 and 54, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1984. Houses.
53 and 54, High Street
- WRENN ID
- first-nave-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1984
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 53 and 54, High Street, Hungerford
- OS grid reference
- SU 337 682
- Coordinates
- 51.41248, -1.51666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 53 and 54 on High Street are houses dating from the 17th century and the late 18th to early 19th century. They feature a tiled roof with a central ridge chimney and a gabled dormer on the left side. The walls are rendered and lined out. The buildings are two storeys tall with an attic. On the upper floor, there is a three-light casement window to the left, a small two-light casement window in the center, and a two-light casement window to the right. The ground floor includes a two-light casement window to the left, two 20th-century doors, and a 19th-century glazing bar sash window to the right. Inside, there is some evidence of timber framing along with chamfered and stopped beams.
Local climate
53 and 54, High Street receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Sale history — 11 transactions since 1995
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