46-52, The Avenue is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
46-52, The Avenue
- WRENN ID
- fallow-stronghold-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 46-52, The Avenue, Bletsoe, MK44 1QF
- OS grid reference
- TL 022 582
- Coordinates
- 52.21332, -0.50487
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A terrace of four early 19th-century cottages is located on The Avenue in Bletsoe. The cottages are constructed of local chequered brick with light-coloured headers, and have Welsh slate roofs. The plan of each pair of cottages is arranged around a double-sided hearth, with two rooms downstairs and two upstairs. Each cottage, except number 52, has a door and a ground-floor window set under slightly cambered heads, alongside two first-floor windows. The windows are Yorkshire casements with glazing bars. It is included on the list for group value.
Local climate
46-52, The 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 97% 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 50% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
- 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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