53-57, Bedford Road is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1979. House.
53-57, Bedford Road
- WRENN ID
- secret-eave-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- 53-57, Bedford Road, Sandy
- OS grid reference
- TL 165 490
- Coordinates
- 52.1277, -0.29823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 53 to 57 on Bedford Road are a group of cottages with historical significance. Number 57 dates back to the 17th century and features a roughcast exterior with mock timber-framing. It has two storeys and an old clay tile roof, along with two small casement windows that have glazing bars. A notable feature is the fine red brick chimney stack, which has three flues set at right angles. Numbers 53 and 55 are likely from the 18th century and form an L-shaped wing attached to the north gable end of No 57. These two-storey cottages are slightly lower than No 57, with No 53 constructed from colourwashed brick and No 55 made of red brick, topped with a hipped roof.
Local climate
53-57, Bedford Road 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
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