40, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1987. House, shop. 5 related planning applications.
40, High Street
- WRENN ID
- still-alcove-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1987
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- 40, High Street, Higham Ferrers, NN10 8BL
- OS grid reference
- SP 959 683
- Coordinates
- 52.30463, -0.59471
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 40 High Street is a house that has been converted into a shop. It likely dates from the mid-17th century and was remodeled in the mid-20th century. The building is constructed of regular coursed limestone and features an asbestos tile roof. Originally, it had a two-unit lobby-entry plan and stands two storeys tall. The first floor has a two-window range of casements with glazing bars, which are set under wood lintels. The ground floor has a 20th-century shop front. There is a central brick stack. Inside, the room to the left contains an open fireplace with a finely moulded and castellated bressumer, as well as spine beams. Some original roof timbers are said to remain. The building was partially converted to a shop in the 19th century.
Local climate
40, High Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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