55 and 55a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1975. Corner building. 3 related planning applications.
55 and 55a, High Street
- WRENN ID
- buried-gable-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1975
- Type
- Corner building
- Address
- 55 and 55a, High Street, DA11 0BB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 647 742
- Coordinates
- 51.44346, 0.36925
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 55 and 55A on High Street is an early to mid 19th century corner building that stands four storeys tall and is finished in stucco. It features a parapet and long and short quoins. The building has two sash windows with verticals only, set in Italianate surrounds. The second-floor windows have cambered heads, while the first-floor windows are topped with cornices. A similar window is located at the rounded corner of the building. There is a modern shopfront present. The Jury Street elevation also includes two sash windows and a two-storey extension that matches the main style, featuring a round-headed doorcase for No 55A. Nos 55 to 59, along with 55A, are part of a group.
Local climate
55 and 55a, 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 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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