6 and 8, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1986. A C18 Houses.
6 and 8, King Street
- WRENN ID
- leaning-pinnacle-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1986
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 6 and 8, King Street, Potton
- OS grid reference
- TL 224 492
- Coordinates
- 52.12807, -0.21334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
6 and 8 King Street are a pair of 18th-century houses located on the east side of King Street in Potton. They are constructed of red brick, with the right-hand gable end being partly rendered, and feature a slated gambrel roof. The buildings are two storeys high with attics and have a symmetrical facade.
On the ground floor, there are two panelled doors set within simple architrave surrounds, flanked by two-light casement windows. The first floor has three two-light casement windows. Both the first and ground floor windows have glazing bars and are topped with flat arched heads that include painted keyblocks. The attic features two box dormers, each containing two-light casement windows with glazing bars. A brick band runs along the first floor level, and there is a simple brick cornice at the eaves level. The right-hand end has a rebuilt brick integral stack.
Local climate
6 and 8, King 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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