52 and 54, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. Timber-framed building.
52 and 54, High Street
- WRENN ID
- endless-foundation-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1967
- Type
- Timber-framed building
- Address
- 52 and 54, High Street, Charing
- OS grid reference
- TQ 953 494
- Coordinates
- 51.21074, 0.79488
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 52 and 54 High Street is a 15th-century timber-framed building. The south front, which faces the Market Place, has some exposed timbering and curved braces with plaster infilling, but it has mostly been refaced with painted brick. The building is two storeys tall, with the first floor of the end window bays oversailing. The eaves between the oversail are supported by brackets, and it has a hipped tiled roof. There are three sash windows with intact glazing bars. The west front, which faces High Street, has been refaced with stucco in the 18th century and features a 19th-century shop window along with one other window.
Local climate
52 and 54, High Street 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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