21 The Crescent is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1971. House. 1 related planning application.
21 The Crescent
- WRENN ID
- eternal-gargoyle-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- 21 The Crescent, MK40 2RT
- OS grid reference
- TL 046 502
- Coordinates
- 52.14102, -0.47212
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
21 The Crescent is an early 19th-century building constructed of red brick with a Welsh slate roof and a wide eaves cornice. It stands three storeys high and features five sash windows set in reveals beneath flat arches. Attached to the south is a two-storey wing with two similar windows. The central entrance is highlighted by a pedimented stucco porch supported by Tuscan pilasters, with a door and fanlight in a round-headed reveal. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 2 to 14 (even) and Nos 15 to 19 (odd).
Local climate
21 The Crescent 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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