The Tudor House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1952. House. 1 related planning application.
The Tudor House
- WRENN ID
- lost-pinnacle-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Tudor House, 38, High Street, Shefford, SG17 5DG
- OS grid reference
- TL 142 390
- Coordinates
- 52.03821, -0.33563
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two houses, likely originally one property, were constructed in the 17th century, with later alterations in the 18th and 20th centuries. The buildings are timber framed with red brick infill, although number 36 appears to have been recased or rebuilt in red brick and the front colourwashed. The roofs are hipped and covered in clay tiles. The main block is three bays wide and two stories high, with a steeply pitched roof. A cross-wing is also two stories high, but with taller stories and a shallower roof. The main block has, on its ground floor, two mullion and transom windows, and one slightly bowed four-light window with mullions and transom. The first floor has four mullion and transom windows, and one three-light mullioned window. All windows, except the four-light window, are 20th-century replacements with leaded lights. A 20th-century Tudor-arched doorway is located to the left of centre on the ground floor, and a carriage entrance is on the right. A substantial red brick ridge stack is present. The cross-wing’s first floor has windows similar to those of the main block, flanking a central rectangular recessed panel. The ground floor of the cross-wing features a 20th-century shop front.
Local climate
The Tudor House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2013
- 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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