159 and 161, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1983. A C18 Pair of houses. 2 related planning applications.
159 and 161, High Street
- WRENN ID
- long-mortar-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1983
- Type
- Pair of houses
- Address
- 159 and 161, High Street, Batheaston, BA1 7DW
- OS grid reference
- ST 776 673
- Coordinates
- 51.40488, -2.32319
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of houses located on the north-west side of High Street in Batheaston, built in the mid to late 18th century. The houses are constructed of painted ashlar and feature a slate mansard roof with coped, raised verges. A large ashlar stack sits centrally on the roof. The houses are two storeys high with attics contained within dormers. Each house has two glazing bar sash windows, set close together. Modern doors are positioned at each end of the building, sheltered by a flat stone hood supported on brackets.
Local climate
159 and 161, High Street receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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