36, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1978. Former town hall. 8 related planning applications.
36, High Street
- WRENN ID
- mired-fireplace-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1978
- Type
- Former town hall
- Address
- 36, High Street, Biggleswade, SG18 0JL
- OS grid reference
- TL 191 445
- Coordinates
- 52.08677, -0.26259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 36 on High Street is a former Town Hall built in 1844 by J T Wing, featuring a simple Neo-classical style. The building is constructed of stucco and has an upper slate roof with a central louvre set behind a stepped and panelled parapet. It has five window bays; the three central bays contain round-headed casements with glazing bars, framed by architrave surrounds and supported by two Doric columns. The left bay features a rectangular window in an architrave surround with a panel above, flanked by simple panelled pilasters. The right bay has a door in an architrave surround topped with a cornice on consoles and a small window above. There are one-storey extensions to the north and south.
Local climate
36, High Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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