23, High Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1955. Inn. 1 related planning application.
23, High Street
- WRENN ID
- salt-eave-crimson
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1955
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- 23, High Street, Highworth, SN6 7AG
- OS grid reference
- SU 200 924
- Coordinates
- 51.63045, -1.71118
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
23 High Street is a Grade II* listed building, originally known as the Greyhound Inn, dating from around 1800. It has a roughcast front and stands two storeys high with an attic that is concealed by a tall parapet. The building features a moulded cornice and a central rain-water pipe topped with a fluted conical head. There are two original two-storey angled bay windows, with glazing bar sash windows on the first floor and bow windows on the ground floor that still show shatter grooves. The doorway is situated off-centre to the right and has an open pedimented cornice above a six-panel door. The interior of the ground floor has been altered. The roof is made of stone slate and includes two gabled dormers. At the rear, there are two long two-storey wings. The building is locally noted for its former sub-postmistress, Mrs. Mabel Shranks, who was known for filtering British Secret Agents on their way to Coleshill House during World War II.
Local climate
23, High Street receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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