142 and 144, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1953. Houses, shops. 13 related planning applications.
142 and 144, High Street
- WRENN ID
- brooding-flagstone-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1953
- Type
- Houses, shops
- Address
- 142 and 144, High Street, GU1 3HJ
- OS grid reference
- SU 998 494
- Coordinates
- 51.23581, -0.57166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 142 and 144 High Street are houses that have been converted into shops. They date from the early 16th and 17th centuries, with some alterations and extensions made in the 20th century. The buildings are timber framed and covered in painted stucco and wood, featuring plain-tiled roofs that gable end onto the street on the right. They stand three storeys tall, with a front stack on the left and additional stacks at the rear.
The structure consists of two bays, with a square bay projecting on the first and second floors to the left. The second floor has casement windows, while the first floor features two 12-pane, glazing-bar sash windows beneath a dentilled hood, and 8-pane sashes on the sides. To the right, there is another projecting square bay on the first and second floors, which has glazing-bar casement windows above and mullioned and transomed windows below.
The ground floor has a cove over a late 19th-century shop front, which includes panelled end pilasters and foliage scroll brackets. There is a central door set in a recess, with an additional door to the left leading to Milkhouse Gate, an old alleyway beside the building. The left-hand return wall facing the alley has its frame exposed. There are later extensions at the rear.
Inside, there is a crown-post range at the front and an 18th-century turned baluster staircase with square newels. Photographs of the building are held in the National Monuments Record.
Local climate
142 and 144, 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 13 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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