52 and 54, North Street is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. House.

52 and 54, North Street

WRENN ID
strange-rafter-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 May 1975
Type
House
Address
52 and 54, North Street, Leighton-Linslade
OS grid reference
SP 922 252
Coordinates
51.91839, -0.66017
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 52 and 54 on North Street are late 18th century or early 19th century buildings. They feature local bond brickwork made of grey vitreous headers dressed with red bricks, and have a Welsh slated roof with a panelled cornice. The buildings are three storeys high and include a second-floor band. There are three sash windows with glazing bars set in reveals beneath flat arches, along with a central dummy window on the first floor. The shop front has been modernized.

Local climate

52 and 54, North Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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