56, De Parys Avenue 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.
56, De Parys Avenue
- WRENN ID
- pale-trefoil-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- 56, De Parys Avenue, MK40 2TP
- OS grid reference
- TL 049 506
- Coordinates
- 52.14379, -0.46731
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house built around 1900, likely influenced by the work of Norman Shaw. It is a two-storey building with two "Ipswich" window bays. The lower portion of the exterior is red brick up to the level of the first-floor sills; the upper portion is plastered. The roof is covered with red tiles, and substantial red brick chimney stacks are present. A rainwater head, possibly dated 1900, may have been designed by H T Hare or a student of Norman Shaw.
Local climate
56, De Parys Avenue 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 — 2 transactions since 1998
- 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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