8 and 8a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1951. House, club. 3 related planning applications.
8 and 8a, High Street
- WRENN ID
- first-thatch-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1951
- Type
- House, club
- Address
- 8 and 8a, High Street, South Swindon, SN1 3EP
- OS grid reference
- SU 157 837
- Coordinates
- 51.55214, -1.77439
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 and 8A on High Street in Swindon is a house that has been converted into a club. It dates from the late 18th century and is constructed of brick with a cement paint finish, topped with a slate roof. The building is three stories tall and has four bays, with a two-storey and attic rear wing made of stone. There is also a detached two-storey and attic building at the rear, featuring a hipped roof and segmental-headed dormers.
The facade includes an entrance in the first bay, which is framed by an open pedimented doorcase supported by engaged columns, leading up three steps. There is a six-panel door located in the second bay. The first floor features 12-pane sash windows with bracketed pediments, while the second floor has similar windows without pediments. The building is finished with an eaves cornice and an intermittently pierced balustrade.
Local climate
8 and 8a, High Street receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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 — 3 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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