12, 14 and 16, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1951. Block of shops. 1 related planning application.
12, 14 and 16, Church Street
- WRENN ID
- long-rampart-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1951
- Type
- Block of shops
- Address
- 12, 14 and 16, Church Street, Ampthill, MK45 2EH
- OS grid reference
- TL 035 381
- Coordinates
- 52.03228, -0.4922
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 18th century block of three storeys, originally built of brick with a chequered pattern of blue bricks. Stone bands are present between the floors, topped by a plain brick parapet with light stone coping. The building has six windows per floor, with tall sash windows in broad, almost flush frames, except for a single ground floor window.
Nos. 12 and 14 share a restored shop front with twin doors combined into a continuous window, beneath a long, moulded hood, which is supported by grooved brackets over slender, fluted pilasters. No. 16 has a plain 18th century six-panel door within a simple frame and a small window above, with a moulded hood. A fine, original carved staircase is also located within No. 16.
Nos. 12 to 32 (even numbers) form a visual group.
Local climate
12, 14 and 16, Church 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- 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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