Number 23 High Street with Number 1 The Square is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1970. Warehouse, shop, dwelling.
Number 23 High Street with Number 1 The Square
- WRENN ID
- watchful-newel-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1970
- Type
- Warehouse, shop, dwelling
- Address
- Number 23 High Street with Number 1 The Square, South Swindon, SN1 3EG
- OS grid reference
- SU 158 836
- Coordinates
- 51.55162, -1.77352
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 23 High Street, with Number 1 The Square, is a warehouse that has been converted into a shop with a dwelling above. It dates from the early 19th century and features Flemish brickwork with stone corner pilasters. The building is four stories high, with one bay facing High Street and three bays returning to Market Square. The High Street facade has a 20th-century shop front, wide stone lintels, a bracketed canopy, and 20th-century replacement two-pane sash windows above. The eaves are adorned with paired modillion brackets. The return elevation includes plat bands and gauged brick arches above the windows, along with a moulded trade panel on the corner.
Local climate
Number 23 High Street with Number 1 The Square 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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