46-50, Bedford Street is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1972. Cottages. 1 related planning application.
46-50, Bedford Street
- WRENN ID
- upper-paling-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1972
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 46-50, Bedford Street, Ampthill, MK45 2NB
- OS grid reference
- TL 033 383
- Coordinates
- 52.03372, -0.49482
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-19th century block of three cottages built around 1849 as part of the development plans for the Bedford Estate. The cottages are constructed from mottled brickwork and feature four gables and a tiled roof. They have two storeys and a total of four windows, each being a 2- or 3-light casement style.
Local climate
46-50, Bedford Street 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
- 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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