8, Bedford Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
8, Bedford Road
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-fireplace-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 8, Bedford Road, Stagsden, MK43 8TP
- OS grid reference
- SP 984 491
- Coordinates
- 52.13176, -0.56284
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 Bedford Road is an 18th-century cottage featuring colourwashed roughcast over a timber frame and a thatched roof. The building is designed in an L shape, with a gable end that projects towards the road on the left side. It has one storey and attics. The main block includes two 2-light dormers positioned above the eaves line, while the ground floor has one 2-light window. The gable end features a 2-light window on the first floor and a 3-light window on the ground floor. Three of the windows are adorned with bracketed hoods, and all windows have white-painted lattice casements.
Local climate
8, Bedford Road 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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