46 and 48, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1985. House. 5 related planning applications.

46 and 48, High Street

WRENN ID
fallow-plinth-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1985
Type
House
Address
46 and 48, High Street, Shefford, SG17 5DG
OS grid reference
TL 142 390
Coordinates
52.03798, -0.33621
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 46 and 48 on High Street are a pair of mid-19th century houses that have been combined into a single property, featuring shops on the ground floor. The buildings are constructed of red brick and topped with a slate roof. They have a double-pile plan and a two-bay front elevation, rising three storeys high.

The first and second floors are adorned with sash windows that have glazing bars and flat heads. In the centre of the ground floor, there are two doorways; the right-hand doorway is now blocked and features a 20th-century casement, while the left-hand doorway has a 20th-century glazed door. Both doorways are framed by a single surround that includes three pilasters with Ionic capitals and a moulded flat hood supported by shallow scroll brackets.

Flanking the doorways are two shop windows; the left-hand window is a 19th-century design with pilasters and a cornice on cut brackets, while the right-hand window is a later, simpler design set slightly higher. The property also features two red brick multiple ridge stacks. This building is noted for its unusual doorway and its group value within the streetscape.

Local climate

46 and 48, High 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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 2003
  • 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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