38, 40, 42 and 44, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1973. Former poor house. 4 related planning applications.
38, 40, 42 and 44, High Street
- WRENN ID
- half-column-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1973
- Type
- Former poor house
- Address
- 38, 40, 42 and 44, High Street, Buriton, East Hampshire, GU31 5RX
- OS grid reference
- SU 738 201
- Coordinates
- 50.97627, -0.94969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A former Poor House, later converted into six cottages and now serving as four dwellings, was built in the late 18th century. It has undergone late 20th-century renovations and includes minor rear extensions. The structure is built with Malmstone walls featuring brick dressings, quoins, cambered ground-floor openings, and a dentilled eaves fascia. Minor changes to features have been made. The roof is tiled, hipped in design. The building encompasses three sides of a rear courtyard, displaying two storeys with a regular fenestration of five windows on its three outer elevations, all housing casements. The street-facing elevation, to the west, has a central, coupled 20th-century porch with a concave metal roof and a half-glazed upper section above boarding. A stone plaque inscribed "Poor House 1794" is visible, accompanied by a lead fire-insurance sign positioned above it.
Local climate
38, 40, 42 and 44, High Street receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 2010
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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