51 and 53, Silver Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1974. House. 1 related planning application.
51 and 53, Silver Street
- WRENN ID
- former-sandstone-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- 51 and 53, Silver Street, Stevington, MK43 7QN
- OS grid reference
- SP 987 530
- Coordinates
- 52.16682, -0.55763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 51 and 53 on Silver Street are 18th-century houses built of coursed limestone rubble, topped with a modern concrete pantile roof. The buildings are two storeys high and feature three chimney stacks, with the inner stack made of stone. On the first floor, there are three 19th-century casement windows with timber lintels, and the ground floor has three similar windows that are adorned with stucco heads.
Local climate
51 and 53, Silver 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 92% 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 54% 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- 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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