Norton House, 52 High Street South is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. House. 5 related planning applications.
Norton House, 52 High Street South
- WRENN ID
- shifting-plaster-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Norton House, 52 High Street South, 52a-52b-52c High Street South, Dunstable, LU6 3HD
- OS grid reference
- TL 019 217
- Coordinates
- 51.88467, -0.51981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Norton House is an early 19th century building of two storeys. It is constructed of red brick with a Welsh slate roof and an eaves cornice. The front elevation features a front entrance doorcase with a fanlight, Roman Doric pilasters, and an entablature. To the right of the doorcase is an arched carriage entrance. To the left of the doorcase is a single sash window set within a semi-circular headed panel. The first floor contains three sash windows with flat arches, and a fourth recessed window, all positioned above a storey band.
Local climate
Norton House, 52 High Street South sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 18 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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