60, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
60, High Street
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-marble-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 60, High Street, Riseley, MK44 1DT
- OS grid reference
- TL 040 626
- Coordinates
- 52.25262, -0.4775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 17th-century cottage located on the south-east side of High Street in Riseley. The building is timber-framed with plaster infill, and has an old clay tile roof. It originally comprised two rooms, with a single storey and attics. A central chimney stack, built of red brick and with a double ridge, is situated in line with the front door. The cottage has modern windows and a front door. The gable end faces the road. A 20th-century extension has been added to the south-east gable end.
Local climate
60, 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 96% 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 52% 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 — 4 transactions since 2003
- 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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