The Sycamores is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1985. A C17 House. 2 related planning applications.
The Sycamores
- WRENN ID
- high-gutter-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Sycamores, 52, High Street, Flitwick, MK45 1DX
- OS grid reference
- TL 031 355
- Coordinates
- 52.00878, -0.4979
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sycamores is a house located on High Street in Flitwick, dating from the 17th century with a 19th-century addition. The original part of the building is timber framed with colourwashed brick infill, while the later front block is made of colourwashed brick. It has a clay tile roof that is hipped at an angle. The house is two stories tall and has an L-shaped plan, with the 19th-century wing facing the road and the 17th-century wing to the southeast. The 17th-century block features a doorway with a gabled hood, aligned with a red brick double ridge stack. To the right of this doorway is a 20th-century bay window. The building has casement windows throughout, all with 20th-century diamond leading. The 19th-century block includes red brick integral stacks at both gable ends and a large 20th-century bay window on the left side of the ground floor.
Local climate
The Sycamores 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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