68 and 70, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1974. House. 4 related planning applications.
68 and 70, High Street
- WRENN ID
- idle-vault-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- 68 and 70, High Street, Riseley, MK44 1DT
- OS grid reference
- TL 040 627
- Coordinates
- 52.25287, -0.47684
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 68 and 70 High Street is a house dating from the late 17th century. It features colour washed rough cast over a timber frame and brick, with a roof made of both old and new clay tiles. The building has an L-plan shape with additions and consists of one storey and attics. The main block has two sash windows with glazing bars on the ground floor, flanking a six-fielded panel door, which has a top pair of glazed panels and is set within a moulded surround topped with a flat hood supported by consoles. There are two gabled dormers, each with sash windows that also have glazing bars. The house includes one red brick external gable end stack and one red brick multiple ridge stack. The cross-wing gable end features an early to mid-19th century bay window. There are various 19th and 20th century additions to all elevations.
Local climate
68 and 70, 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 — 6 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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