26 and 28, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
26 and 28, High Street
- WRENN ID
- tired-basalt-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- 26 and 28, High Street, Oakley, MK43 7RG
- OS grid reference
- TL 009 538
- Coordinates
- 52.17387, -0.52491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 26 and 28 on High Street are a pair of houses built in 1905 as part of the Bedford estate. They are one storey with attics, featuring a ground floor made of red brick banded with purple. The houses have a steeply pitched clay tile roof that extends out over the ground floor at the eaves level. A large central double-pitched gable is prominent, with two 4-light leaded casements. Between these casements is a date plaque that reads "1905 ERECTED BY HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEDFORD AND PRESENTED TO THE BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT." The plaque includes a depiction of a goat on a crown to the left, a central Tudor rose, and a badge featuring the goat and crown above. The ground floor also has two 5-light leaded casements. These houses are included for their special historic interest.
Local climate
26 and 28, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 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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