51-55, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Row of cottages. 2 related planning applications.
51-55, High Street
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-plinth-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Row of cottages
- Address
- 51-55, High Street, Sharnbrook, MK44 1PF
- OS grid reference
- SP 996 596
- Coordinates
- 52.22575, -0.54322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of three cottages dating from the 19th century, located on High Street in Sharnbrook. The cottages are constructed from limestone rubble, with a slate roof and wide brick stacks. The buildings are two storeys high. Each storey features six windows with three lights, set within plastered surrounds. The lights in each window, with the exception of the ground floor windows of number 51, have pointed heads. There are three front doors.
Local climate
51-55, 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 — 3 transactions since 2012
- 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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