242, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1953. House, office. 5 related planning applications.
242, High Street
- WRENN ID
- empty-terrace-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1953
- Type
- House, office
- Address
- 242, High Street, GU1 3JE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 000 496
- Coordinates
- 51.23701, -0.568
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 242 is a house that has been converted into offices, dating from the early 18th century. The building features dark red and brown brick on the first and second floors, while the ground floor is covered in incised colourwashed render. It has a plain-tiled hipped roof and stands two and a half storeys tall, with a plat band above the first floor and moulded brick eaves. There is a rebuilt stack at the rear left.
The upper half storey has three six-pane glazing-bar sash windows with gauged-brick heads, and the first floor contains three 12-pane cambered-head sash windows, with original windows on either side of a central replacement window. The ground floor has two fixed plate glass windows. The entrance features a central open-pedimented doorcase with modillions above and Doric pilasters on either side. The door is glazed and topped with a diamond tracery fanlight.
Local climate
242, High Street receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 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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