73 and 75, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
73 and 75, High Street
- WRENN ID
- gentle-pavement-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- 73 and 75, High Street, Harrold, MK43 7BJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 948 568
- Coordinates
- 52.202, -0.6131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of houses dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, situated on the south side of Harrold High Street. The houses are built of red brick with a Welsh slate roof. They are two storeys high. The upper floor has five sash windows with glazing bars, while the ground floor has three large sash windows. All windows are topped by gauged brick arches. Each house has a four-panel door flanked by pilasters, an entablature, and a flat hood. Number 73 also features a rectangular fanlight with marginal glazing bars. The buildings are listed for their group value.
Local climate
73 and 75, High Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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 — 3 transactions since 1997
- 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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