1, Swaden is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1979. House.
1, Swaden
- WRENN ID
- vacant-moat-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1, Swaden, Sandy
- OS grid reference
- TL 179 488
- Coordinates
- 52.12536, -0.27844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 1 Swaden is an 18th-century building that was extended in the 19th century. It features whitewashed roughcast walls and stands two storeys tall under a concrete tile roof. The façade includes two double-hung sash windows with glazing bars and a six-panel door, which is framed by an open pediment doorcase supported by brackets. The right-hand gable end has been extended in brick and features a two-storey canted bay window. A central chimney stack is present on the roof.
Local climate
1, Swaden 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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