48, Cheap Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. A C17 House. 3 related planning applications.
48, Cheap Street
- WRENN ID
- frozen-threshold-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- 48, Cheap Street, Newbury, RG14 5BX
- OS grid reference
- SU 472 669
- Coordinates
- 51.3995, -1.32218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 48 Cheap Street is a mid to late 17th century house that was refronted in the early 19th century. The building features four windows, with the outer bays having blind windows. It has a hipped tiled roof with projecting eaves. The front is rendered brick, while the returns are tile-hung. There is a string course above the central first floor windows, and the windows are recessed sash with glazing bars. A large 17th century brick stack is present. The shop fronts are modern. Inside, there is a notable early 18th century staircase with a closed string, square newels, and twisted balusters. The back room on the first floor has good late 18th century panelling.
Local climate
48, Cheap Street receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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