St Helena is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
St Helena
- WRENN ID
- graven-soffit-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- St Helena, High Street, Elstow, MK42 9XP
- OS grid reference
- TL 049 476
- Coordinates
- 52.11726, -0.46914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Helena is a house dating from the 17th century, located on the west side of Elstow High Street. The building features a timber-framed front block with pebbledash render, while the rear block is constructed of chequered brick. It has a clay tile roof adorned with bands of fishscale tiles. The original part of the house has a three-room plan and stands two storeys high with attics. On the ground floor, there are three 3-light casements, and the first floor has two 3-light casements flanking a 2-light one. The attic features two 2-light casements set in large gabled dormers. Additionally, there are red brick external double stacks at both gable ends. The house was refenestrated in the 19th century, with a 19th-century block added to the rear.
Local climate
St Helena 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- 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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