Railway Platform Building at Biggleswade Station is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 1988. Waiting room. 3 related planning applications.
Railway Platform Building at Biggleswade Station
- WRENN ID
- western-gallery-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1988
- Type
- Waiting room
- Address
- Railway Platform Building at Biggleswade Station, Station Road, SG18 8AL
- OS grid reference
- TL 192 443
- Coordinates
- 52.08474, -0.26065
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Railway Platform Building at Biggleswade Station is a Grade II listed structure dating from around 1860, built for the Great Northern Railway Company. It is a single-storey brick building with an iron frame and timber infill. The design features a five-bay section and a three-bay section, with two open bays between them and two additional open bays at either end. The entire structure is topped with a flat, projecting wooden roof that has a canopy supported by decorative iron brackets. The timber cladding includes dado panels, with irregularly spaced windows and clerestory windows above. The end elevations are fitted with various four-panel doors.
Local climate
Railway Platform Building at Biggleswade Station 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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