4, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1955. Hotel, commercial. 2 related planning applications.
4, High Street
- WRENN ID
- eastward-pillar-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1955
- Type
- Hotel, commercial
- Address
- 4, High Street, Highworth, SN6 7EU
- OS grid reference
- SU 202 924
- Coordinates
- 51.63051, -1.7092
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century building, now part of the Saracen’s Head Hotel. The building is constructed of brick on a chamfered plinth. The two left-hand bays have been altered, while the two right-hand bays are notable for their purple brick with red brick dressings and a four-course rubbed brick band above the ground floor. It has a slate roof with a coved eaves cornice. The building is two storeys high with an attic, featuring two gabled dormers. It originally had four windows, with glazing bar sashes featuring segmental heads. The ground floor shop window has been replaced by two matching windows and a glazed door; only the right-hand window is original. The attic contains posts that support a valley roof with braces.
Local climate
4, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2004
- 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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