52-62, Adelaide Square is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1971. Pair of houses. 5 related planning applications.

52-62, Adelaide Square

WRENN ID
patient-alcove-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1971
Type
Pair of houses
Address
52-62, Adelaide Square, MK40 2RW
OS grid reference
TL 047 502
Coordinates
52.14059, -0.47135
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These are a group of three pairs of houses, dating from around 1840 to 1850, located at 52-62 Adelaide Square. The houses are built of stucco and are in a Neo-Tudor style. Each pair has three gables, with the right-hand house of the central pair featuring two canted bays. The houses at numbers 52 and 54 have a trellis porch. Windows at numbers 52-58 are pointed arched casements with mullions. The windows at numbers 60 and 62 are sash windows with glazing bars, and the buildings have a battlemented parapet. Numbers 46 to 62 (the even numbers) form a visually cohesive group.

Local climate

52-62, Adelaide Square 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 95% 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 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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