2, The Square is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. House, shop. 9 related planning applications.
2, The Square
- WRENN ID
- deep-cinder-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- 2, The Square, Aspley Guise, MK17 8DF
- OS grid reference
- SP 942 359
- Coordinates
- 52.01398, -0.62796
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century house, with the ground floor later converted into a shop. It is located on the corner of The Square and Bedford Road in Aspley Guise. The house is constructed of red and yellow chequered brick, with a slate roof. The front facade is three bays wide and extends over two storeys and attics. The ground and first-floor windows are sash windows with glazing bars, set in shallow reveals. The ground-floor windows have gauged brick flat heads. Two box dormers containing two-light casement windows with glazing bars are set into the roof. A central brick porch contains a six-panel door, sidelights and a rectangular fanlight. A late 19th-century double-fronted shop projects from the left-hand side. Integral red brick stacks are located at both gable ends. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
2, The Square sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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 — 5 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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