42 and 44, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. House. 3 related planning applications.
42 and 44, High Street
- WRENN ID
- north-joist-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- 42 and 44, High Street, Chesham, HP5 1EP
- OS grid reference
- SP 959 016
- Coordinates
- 51.70522, -0.61264
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two buildings on the west side of High Street, dating from the 18th century, with later alterations. The front of the buildings is brick and stucco with a tiled roof. They are two storeys high with an attic, and have four windows: two sash windows and two casement windows. There are two attic sash windows. Three gables are present, one on the left side and two on the right. The shop fronts are from the late 19th century and are modern. Behind the front, there is an earlier timber-framed structure, likely dating from the 17th century.
Local climate
42 and 44, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 9 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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