48, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
48, High Street
- WRENN ID
- hollow-gateway-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- 48, High Street, Sharnbrook, MK44 1PF
- OS grid reference
- SP 995 596
- Coordinates
- 52.22583, -0.54377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house dating back to the 17th century, which was altered in the 19th century to become a shop and later reconverted to residential use in the 20th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble, with some wattle and daub visible internally, and has an old clay tile roof. The house is two storeys high with attics. The front elevation facing High Street has four sash windows on the ground floor, each with multiple panes of glass. There are three similar windows on the first floor, along with one casement window. Three flat-headed dormers light the attic space. The north corner of the building has been chamfered for nearly its entire height to allow for the insertion of a front door. A double-sided chimney is present.
Local climate
48, High 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 97% 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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