38 and 39, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1970. Cottages.
38 and 39, High Street
- WRENN ID
- vast-rubblework-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1970
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 38 and 39, High Street, Old Warden
- OS grid reference
- TL 137 437
- Coordinates
- 52.0805, -0.34186
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
38 and 39 High Street are a pair of cottages from the early 19th century, likely a renovation of an earlier structure. They are constructed with timber framing and covered in colourwashed roughcast, topped with a thatched roof. The cottages have a four-room layout and are single-storey. There are four two-light casement windows with glazing bars and two 20th-century glazed doors. A red brick stack is located at the central ridge, and there are later additions on the rear elevation.
Local climate
38 and 39, High 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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