9 and 11, Saint Mary's Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1971. A Early Victorian Commercial building.

9 and 11, Saint Mary's Street

WRENN ID
peeling-plinth-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1971
Type
Commercial building
Period
Early Victorian
OS grid reference
TL 050 494
Coordinates
52.13356, -0.46635
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 9 and 11 on Saint Mary's Street are early 19th-century buildings with a stucco front and three storeys. They feature channelled quoins and ground floor shops situated between four attached Ionic columns topped with an entablature. The first floor has four casement windows with pediments supported by pilasters, while the second floor has eaved architraves. The buildings are crowned with a modillion cornice, a blocking course, and a small pediment. A decorative anthemion balconette made of cast iron adds to the architectural detail.

Local climate

9 and 11, Saint Mary's Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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