20-28, Main Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1978. Row of cottages. 1 related planning application.
20-28, Main Road
- WRENN ID
- iron-terrace-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1978
- Type
- Row of cottages
- Address
- 20-28, Main Road, Biddenham, MK40 4BD
- OS grid reference
- TL 023 499
- Coordinates
- 52.13844, -0.50652
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of seven cottages, built in the mid-18th century, located on the north side of Main Road, Biddernham. They are timber-framed with roughcast rendering and have thatched roofs. Red brick ridge stacks are present, and there’s a rendered external chimney stack on the gable end of number 20. The cottages are generally one storey high with attics, although numbers 20 and 22 are taller than the others. Seven dormer casements are set into the thatched roofs, with the thatch cut back to reveal them. The ground floor windows are modern casements, and the doors are planked. Modern extensions have been added to the cottages.
Local climate
20-28, Main 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 12 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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