27-33 High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1971. A C17 Commercial. 2 related planning applications.

27-33 High Street

WRENN ID
sleeping-doorway-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1971
Type
Commercial
Address
27-33 High Street, MK40 1RY
OS grid reference
TL 050 497
Coordinates
52.13578, -0.46611
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This row of four buildings fronts High Street and was constructed in the 17th century or earlier, with alterations occurring between the 19th century and late 20th century. The buildings are arranged on a T-shaped plan. The pitched roof is covered with asbestos tiles and features a red brick chimneystack to the ridge between numbers 27 and 29, as well as a box dormer window to numbers 27 and 29. The buildings originally had timber framing, but now have brick facades to High Street, with the first floor level stuccoed, featuring channelled quoins. Number 33 has two bays of six-over-six timber sash windows with horns, which were replaced in the late 20th century. Numbers 29 and 31 feature a tripartite window; the central light is a two-over-two sash window with horns. Number 27 has a four-light window, with each light containing arched radiating glazing bars; the central two lights form a segmental bow with a bowed parapet above. The ground floor shopfronts were replaced in the late 20th century.

Local climate

27-33 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 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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