16a, Luton Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1974. A C18 Cottage.
16a, Luton Road
- WRENN ID
- far-hall-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 16a, Luton Road, Wilshamstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 064 434
- Coordinates
- 52.07909, -0.44847
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 16A on Luton Road is a cottage dating from the late 18th century, with a 19th-century cottage ornee addition. The building features colourwashed roughcast and thatched roofs. It has a two-room plan, is one storey high with attics, and includes a single-storey lean-to addition on the southeast gable end.
On the southwest elevation, the main block has a two-light casement window on the left with a thatched eyebrow, and a 20th-century glazed door on the right with a thatched gabled hood. The lean-to has a pointed arched Gothic Revival window with wooden bar tracery and diamond leading, as well as a small circular window with leading. A red brick double ridge stack is present.
On the southeast gable end, there are two similar Gothic Revival windows in the lean-to, and two two-light casement windows in the attic, both featuring glazing bars and thatched eyebrows.
Local climate
16a, Luton 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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