Highbury is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1981. House. 1 related planning application.
Highbury
- WRENN ID
- ruined-railing-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- Highbury, Front Street, East Garston, RG17 7HW
- OS grid reference
- SU 364 768
- Coordinates
- 51.48973, -1.47593
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Highbury is a house dating from the 17th to 18th century. It is constructed of brick, featuring grey headers and red dressings on the first floor, with grey headers and red stretchers between the first and ground floor windows. The ground floor has red brick arches and jambs. The roof is made of old tiles and has flanking chimneys. The building has two storeys and a central six-panel door set within a modern trellis porch, flanked by two segmental-headed casements on either side. There are five casements on the first floor. Highbury is continuous with Spring Cottage.
Local climate
Highbury receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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