22 and 23, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1978. A Early C20 Shop. 12 related planning applications.
22 and 23, High Street
- WRENN ID
- dusted-string-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1978
- Type
- Shop
- Period
- Early C20
- Address
- 22 and 23, High Street, Chippenham, SN15 3EU
- OS grid reference
- ST 920 732
- Coordinates
- 51.4586, -2.11516
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
22 and 23 High Street are two shops built in 1908, showcasing a Mannerist Classical style. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar and features a slate roof. It stands four storeys high with a symmetrical three-bay front. The upper floors have 12/2-pane sash windows, while the sides of the bays feature 6/1-pane windows. Four wide pilasters, adorned with small recessed ornamental panels that include carved drops and cornices at the fourth floor, rise above a modillion cornice and parapet. The pilasters and parapet have moulded coping. A broken pediment with a modillion cornice and a cartouche-framed shield in the tympanum is positioned over the central bay. Each range below the modillion cornice has a full-height flat-roofed canted bay with a cornice. The fourth-floor windows have aprons with guttae, the third-floor aprons are shaped, and the first-floor aprons have been lost to 20th-century shop fronts. The interior has not been inspected. This building, along with No. 21, is a notable example of early 20th-century commercial architecture.
Local climate
22 and 23, High Street receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 12 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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