162, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1974. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
162, High Street
- WRENN ID
- silver-glass-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 162, High Street, Riseley, MK44 1DR
- OS grid reference
- TL 046 632
- Coordinates
- 52.2577, -0.46811
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 162 is a cottage dating from the 18th century, located on the southeast side of High Street in Riseley. The building features a colour-washed rough cast exterior over a timber frame and brick construction, topped with a thatched roof. It has a two-room plan and stands two storeys high. The front entrance consists of off-centre paired doors, which are flanked by two 2-light horizontal sash windows. The first floor has 20th-century casement windows. There is a one-storey and attic addition on the southeast gable end, which includes two plank doors, one casement window, and one dormer with a casement window. Red brick chimney stacks are present at both gable ends of the main block.
Local climate
162, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- 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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