52 and 54, New Road is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. A C19 House.
52 and 54, New Road
- WRENN ID
- hushed-garret-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- 52 and 54, New Road, Leighton-Linslade
- OS grid reference
- SP 912 251
- Coordinates
- 51.917, -0.67424
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 52 and 54 on New Road are early to mid 19th century buildings, dating from around 1830 to 1840. They are constructed of red brick and have a Welsh slated roof. The buildings are two storeys high, with the first floor featuring a band and three Doric pilasters. There are two sash windows with glazing bars, which are set under flat arches. The doorways have plain surrounds and are topped with hoods supported by cut bracket consoles. These properties, along with Nos 40 to 50, form a group.
Local climate
52 and 54, New Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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