45, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Cottage.
45, High Street
- WRENN ID
- tall-brick-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 45, High Street, Wilden
- OS grid reference
- TL 098 550
- Coordinates
- 52.18251, -0.39519
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 45 High Street is a cottage dating from the 18th century. It features a timber-framed construction with rough cast that is colour washed on the ground floor, while the timber framing is exposed on the first floor. The roof is covered with pantiles. The cottage has a two-room plan and stands two storeys tall. The central front includes a 20th-century gabled porch. There are two 2-light leaded casements on both floors. At the rear, there is a single-storey lean-to addition.
Local climate
45, 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 97% 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, fewer than 52% 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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