48, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. House.
48, High Street
- WRENN ID
- waning-loft-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- 48, High Street, Highworth
- OS grid reference
- SU 202 924
- Coordinates
- 51.63067, -1.70896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
48 High Street is a building dating from the 17th century to early 18th century, with later alterations in the 19th century and more recent modifications. It stands two and a half storeys high, constructed of rubble with ashlar quoins on the left side. The windows feature brick quoined dressing, arranged in two ranges, with segmental heads on the ground floor. The roof is covered with asbestos slate and has two large modern dormers that are not in keeping with the building's character. There is also a range of windows in the gable end. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
48, 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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