48, High Street North is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1975. Commercial. 3 related planning applications.
48, High Street North
- WRENN ID
- watchful-porch-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1975
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 48, High Street North, Dunstable, LU6 1LA
- OS grid reference
- TL 017 220
- Coordinates
- 51.88748, -0.52252
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
48 High Street North is a 19th-century building designed in a traditional local style. It features plum-colored brick with red brick flat etches and flush quoins. The roof is covered with Welsh slate and has a bracketed cornice. The building stands three stories tall and has four sash windows with glazing bars and flat arches. A modern shop front has been added. This property is included for its group value with Nos 36A and 36 to 48 (even).
Local climate
48, High Street North 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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