97-101, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1978. Timber-framed building. 8 related planning applications.
97-101, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- peeling-lantern-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1978
- Type
- Timber-framed building
- Address
- 97-101, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information), Biggleswade, SG18 0LA
- OS grid reference
- TL 192 446
- Coordinates
- 52.08718, -0.26028
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a timber-framed building dating from the 16th or 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The exterior is roughcast, and the building is two stories high with attics. It has an old tile gambrel roof with half-hipped gables. There are four dormers; the dormer on the left is gabled with bargeboards, while the others are box dormers with Yorkshire casements. The front facade has two gabled oriels on the left side, two central sash windows, and a modern three-light sash window on the right. The ground floor features modern shop fronts.
Local climate
97-101, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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