26, Bedford Street is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1972. House.

26, Bedford Street

WRENN ID
roaming-lintel-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1972
Type
House
Address
26, Bedford Street, Ampthill, MK45 2NB
OS grid reference
TL 033 382
Coordinates
52.03311, -0.49451
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

26 Bedford Street is a building dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is located next to the gabled annexe of the 'Prince of Wales' above. The building is constructed of red brick with some blue headers and has two storeys. It features two 19th-century casement windows set beneath slightly cambered arches. The roof has two gables covered in slate. The buildings numbered 24 to 42 on the same side of the street form a group.

Local climate

26, 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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