8, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Hampshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1951. Commercial, house. 3 related planning applications.
8, High Street
- WRENN ID
- eastward-flint-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hampshire
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1951
- Type
- Commercial, house
- Address
- 8, High Street, Alton, GU34 1BN
- OS grid reference
- SU 718 394
- Coordinates
- 51.14989, -0.97422
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 8 on High Street is a mid-18th century building that has been altered. It stands two storeys plus an attic and is four bays wide, constructed of brick with a tiled roof. The ground floor features a central recessed door, which is accessed by three stone steps and set within a pedimented doorcase. To the left of the door is a modern shop window, and to the right is a single recessed sash window. The first floor has four recessed sash windows, and there is a moulded and bracketed cornice along the top, topped by a parapet. This building is part of a group that includes The Crown Hotel and Nos 4 to 10 (even) on the same side, as well as No 1 on the opposite side.
Local climate
8, High Street receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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