5 and 7 High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1976. Commercial building. 3 related planning applications.

5 and 7 High Street

WRENN ID
eastward-plinth-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 April 1976
Type
Commercial building
Address
5 and 7 High Street, Kettering, Kettering Town, NN16 8ST
OS grid reference
SP 866 785
Coordinates
52.39803, -0.72816
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

5 and 7 High Street is a three-storey building dating from the 19th century, constructed of brick with a stuccoed front façade. The building has a roughly square plan and faces east onto High Street.

The exterior features a pitched slate roof and is arranged in two bays on the principal eastern elevation. On the first floor, the northern window is a timber oriel window with a two-over-two sash, while the southern window is also a two-over-two sash. Between these windows is a three-faced clock that projects from the façade on a metal bracket. The second-floor windows are both two-over-two sashes. The façade includes rendered quoins, likely made of stucco. The shopfront has timber reeded pilasters that mimic a historic design, and the year 1909 marked on the shopfront refers to the founding date of AA Thornton at separate premises on Market Street.

The rear elevation consists of a dressed limestone wall, showing scars from previous openings that have been filled. To the south, there is a small redbrick monopitch extension from the 19th century.

Inside, some historic features remain in the upper rooms, including reed and plaster ceilings and a plank door that likely dates to the early 19th century.

Local climate

5 and 7 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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  • 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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