59 and 61, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1952. Shops with living accommodation. 5 related planning applications.
59 and 61, High Street
- WRENN ID
- half-gateway-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1952
- Type
- Shops with living accommodation
- Address
- 59 and 61, High Street, West Malling, ME19 6NA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 680 578
- Coordinates
- 51.29459, 0.40905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
59 and 61 High Street is a pair of shops with living accommodation above, dating from the 16th century or earlier. The timber-framed building was remodeled in the early 19th century and is finished in stucco with a hipped tiled roof. It features a moulded wooden eaves cornice and stands three storeys high with five windows. Number 61 has two 16-pane sash windows with intact glazing bars, while number 59 has sashes without glazing bars but with horns. Number 61 includes a 20th-century shopfront, whereas number 59 has a late 19th-century shopfront with a deep fascia. The side elevation features a 16th-century plank door. Inside number 59, there is a brattished dais beam and early 16th-century linenfold panelling, along with a door made of 12 panels of linenfold panelling. To the right, there is some 17th-century plank and muntin panelling, a roll moulded beam, and an upright post on a chamfered stone base. The ground floor window has an original 16th-century stone surround, and there is a 19th-century marble fireplace.
Local climate
59 and 61, High Street receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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