16-20, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. Cottages.
16-20, High Street
- WRENN ID
- small-mantel-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 16-20, High Street, Riseley
- OS grid reference
- TL 037 624
- Coordinates
- 52.25018, -0.48111
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 16 to 20 High Street are cottages dating from the 17th and 19th centuries. They feature colour washed rough cast over a timber frame and brick construction, topped with a 20th-century tile roof. The buildings are arranged in a T-plan and stand two storeys high, with the left-hand bay of the main block being a 19th-century addition. The cottages have 20th-century doors and casements, and there are red brick ridge stacks, one on the cross-wing and two on the main block.
Local climate
16-20, 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 96% 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 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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