40 and 42, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. House. 2 related planning applications.

40 and 42, Market Square

WRENN ID
rusted-panel-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
40 and 42, Market Square, Toddington, LU5 6BS
OS grid reference
TL 009 288
Coordinates
51.94873, -0.53272
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

These are a pair of buildings dated to the mid-19th century, located on the south side of Toddington Market Square. They are architecturally similar to numbers 2 and 4, High Street. The buildings have four sash windows, each with glazing bars, and are topped with gauged brick heads. A first-floor band runs horizontally across the facade. The front door features a cut bracketed hood.

Local climate

40 and 42, Market Square sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 3 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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