272,273 and 274, Bedford Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. Cottages. 2 related planning applications.
272,273 and 274, Bedford Road
- WRENN ID
- seventh-gargoyle-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 272,273 and 274, Bedford Road, Cardington, MK44 3SS
- OS grid reference
- TL 085 479
- Coordinates
- 52.11903, -0.41596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 272, 273, and 274 on Bedford Road are cottages dating from the 17th century, with a plaque indicating restoration by Samuel Whitbread in 1913. They have a timber-framed structure with a pebbledashed exterior and an old clay tile roof. The cottages feature a three-room plan and rise to two storeys. Each floor has three 3-light casements with leaded lights. There are paired doors at the division between the two left-hand bays, aligned with a red brick double ridge stack, and another door at the division between the two right-hand bays. All doors are topped with small bracketed doorhoods. Additionally, there is a red brick integral stack at the north gable end.
Local climate
272,273 and 274, Bedford 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 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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