23, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. House. 3 related planning applications.
23, High Street
- WRENN ID
- dim-chamber-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- 23, High Street, Thurleigh, MK44 2DB
- OS grid reference
- TL 052 585
- Coordinates
- 52.21484, -0.46108
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, formerly a pair of school mistresses' cottages, built on the grounds of a school estate in the 19th century, after 1805. The walls are of colour-washed, coursed limestone rubble, an unusual material for this area, with some brick detailing. The roof is tiled. The house has a 3-room plan and is one storey in height with attics. There are two 3-light casement windows on the ground floor, and two gabled dormers with 2-light casement windows, largely dating to the 20th century. Two doors are present; the left-hand door has been blocked, and they are positioned in line with a red brick ridge stack that serves back-to-back hearths.
Local climate
23, 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 2002
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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