66 and 68, Shortmead Street is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1978. House.
66 and 68, Shortmead Street
- WRENN ID
- eternal-groin-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- 66 and 68, Shortmead Street, Biggleswade
- OS grid reference
- TL 188 448
- Coordinates
- 52.08928, -0.26709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
66 and 68 Shortmead Street is an early 19th century house that has been divided into two dwellings. The building is constructed of gault brick and is two stories high, topped with a Welsh slate gambrel roof. It features three double-hung sash windows with glazing bars, although the central window is blocked. The ground floor windows have slightly cambered heads. There is a central doorway framed by a heavy plain timber surround, and an additional door has been added to the left.
Local climate
66 and 68, Shortmead Street 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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