24 High Street South is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1976. Commercial. 1 related planning application.

24 High Street South

WRENN ID
hidden-oriel-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 March 1976
Type
Commercial
Address
24 High Street South, Dunstable, LU6 3HA
OS grid reference
TL 019 218
Coordinates
51.88548, -0.52063
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

24 High Street South is a timber-framed building that dates back to the 17th century or earlier. It was refronted in the 19th century and features a shop front from the 20th century.

The building is constructed with timber framing, brick cladding, and is topped with a red plain tile roof. It has a rectilinear plan, with a hipped range that has its ridge parallel to the east elevation (High Street South) and a projecting shop front. At the rear (Middle Row), there are double-pile gabled ranges and an additional projecting shopfront extension.

The building stands two storeys tall. The High Street South elevation features a hipped roof and is primarily brick, with the first floor rendered. There are two flush three-light sash windows on the first floor. The ground floor has a projecting shop front with an offset, recessed door and a tiled recess.

On the rear elevation (Middle Row), there are two gabled ranges with the gable ends facing Middle Row. The southern gable includes a tall brick chimney stack, and both gable ends are rendered and white-washed. The left (north) gabled range has a large 20-light window, while the right (southern) gable features a door with a 12-light window next to it. Additionally, there is a deep, projecting single-storey flat-roofed range at the ground floor, built in brick laid in Flemish bond, with a central timber and glass door flanked by symmetrical, curved shop windows.

Local climate

24 High Street South sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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