5 and 7, Bedford Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1974. A C18 Houses. 2 related planning applications.
5 and 7, Bedford Road
- WRENN ID
- dusk-postern-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1974
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 5 and 7, Bedford Road, Wilshamstead, MK45 3HN
- OS grid reference
- TL 063 436
- Coordinates
- 52.08108, -0.4499
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 5 and 7 on Bedford Road are houses that were formerly a public house, dating from around 1700 and restored in the 20th century, as indicated by a plaque that reads "W.B. 1932." The buildings feature colourwashed roughcast over a timber frame and have an old clay tile roof. No. 7 is a conversion and addition to an outhouse block, also with colourwashed roughcast and a pantiled roof.
No. 5 is L-shaped with a left-hand gable, comprising one storey and attics, while No. 7 is a single storey. The overall eastern elevation shows that the ground floor has two three-light casements, three small sash windows, one single light window, and two 20th-century casements. The attic of No. 5 includes a two-light casement in the gable and three box dormers with casements on the main block. Additionally, No. 5 has two red brick chimneys, one at the junction with the cross-wing and another at the junction with the lower block.
Local climate
5 and 7, Bedford Road 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- 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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