46 and 48, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. House, shop. 4 related planning applications.
46 and 48, High Street
- WRENN ID
- watchful-quoin-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- 46 and 48, High Street, Princes Risborough, HP27 0AX
- OS grid reference
- SP 808 034
- Coordinates
- 51.72375, -0.83091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 46 and 48 High Street is a house and shop that dates from the 17th to early 18th century, with alterations made in the late 18th century. The left gable features a mix of rendered and whitewashed surfaces, along with tile-hanging, possibly hiding a timber frame. The building was refronted in the late 18th century using vitreous header bricks, complemented by red brick quoins and window surrounds. It has a moulded red brick cornice beneath a dentilled parapet and a chamfered brick plinth. The roof is tiled and from the 20th century, with a brick chimney located to the left of the center. The structure is two storeys high with an attic and consists of two bays plus a central half bay. The first floor has 19th-century tripartite sashes with cambered heads, and there is a single sash without glazing bars in the center of the first floor. The ground floor features a 20th-century shop front in the right bay and center. At the rear, there is a whitewashed brick wing.
Local climate
46 and 48, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 2 transactions since 1999
- 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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