54-62, The Avenue is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. House, terrace. 2 related planning applications.
54-62, The Avenue
- WRENN ID
- sunken-window-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House, terrace
- Address
- 54-62, The Avenue, Bletsoe, MK44 1QF
- OS grid reference
- TL 022 583
- Coordinates
- 52.21365, -0.50444
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Avenue numbers 54 to 62 form a late 18th-century terrace of six estate cottages, visually appearing as five. The walls are colourwashed plaster over a light timber frame, with a brick plinth. The roof is covered in old clay tiles. The cottages were originally planned in three groups of two, with each pair arranged around a double-sided hearth, providing two rooms on each of the ground and upper floors. The cottages are two storeys high, and a few casement windows remain, each with two leaded lights.
Local climate
54-62, The Avenue 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 — 14 transactions since 1996
- 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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