49 and 51, Cause End Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. House. 2 related planning applications.
49 and 51, Cause End Road
- WRENN ID
- little-thatch-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- House
- Address
- 49 and 51, Cause End Road, Wootton, MK43 9DB
- OS grid reference
- TL 007 454
- Coordinates
- 52.09804, -0.53082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 49 and 51 on Cause End Road is a 16th-century house. The ground floor is made of colourwashed brick, while the first floor is timber-framed with colourwashed brick nogging. The roof, dating from the 18th century, is covered with clay tiles. The building has one storey and attics, arranged in an H-plan. The central block features a heavy brick ridge stack. There are two gabled dormers, each adorned with medallions depicting male and female figures. The ground floor has three casement windows with glazing bars, while the gabled wings each have a 2-light casement on the first floor and a 4-light casement on the ground floor.
Local climate
49 and 51, Cause End Road 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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