53 and 55, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. Shop.
53 and 55, High Street
- WRENN ID
- muffled-tallow-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Shop
- OS grid reference
- TQ 167 564
- Coordinates
- 51.29553, -0.32715
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 53 and 55 High Street, formerly known as The Blue Bird Public House, are two shops with offices above. The building likely dates from the late 17th century and has been significantly altered over time. It may have originally been timber-framed but is now covered in roughcast, topped with a red tile roof. The structure has a rectangular two-unit plan, standing two storeys high with two bays and attics. The ground floor features modern shop fronts, while the first floor has sashed windows with 4 and 12 panes. The steeply-pitched roof includes two 6-pane sashed dormers flanking a chimney stack. There is a flat-roofed addition at the rear, which is not of special interest. The interior has also been altered. This building forms a visual group with The Dukes Head Public House to the right and is included for its group value.
Local climate
53 and 55, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2006
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- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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