32, Sharpenhoe Road is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. House. 1 related planning application.
32, Sharpenhoe Road
- WRENN ID
- old-glass-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- 32, Sharpenhoe Road, Barton-Le-Clay, MK45 4SD
- OS grid reference
- TL 079 308
- Coordinates
- 51.96573, -0.43021
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 32 Sharpenhoe Road is a colour-washed rouglicast and timber-frame house, likely dating from the 16th century or earlier. It has a thatched roof and a two-room plan. A single-sided stack is positioned centrally, and a gable end stack stands at the original north end, adjoining No. 30. The house has a half-hipped gable end facing the road. It is one storey high with attics, featuring two eyebrow dormers and several casement windows, some with leaded lights. A modern porch has been added. The structure incorporates one full cruck truss.
Local climate
32, Sharpenhoe Road 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 87% 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, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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