Avenue House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. House. 1 related planning application.

Avenue House

WRENN ID
plain-transept-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1987
Type
House
Address
Avenue House, Church Street, Aspley Guise, MK17 8HH
OS grid reference
SP 943 362
Coordinates
52.01677, -0.62663
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Avenue House is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It features a timber-framed structure with red brick infill and has a half-hipped roof, with slates on the front slope and clay tiles on the rear slope. The house has a three-room plan and is two storeys high with attics.

On the southeast elevation, both the ground and first floors have three three-light casements with glazing bars. The attic includes three box dormers, each with two-light casements that also have glazing bars. There is a doorway situated between the two right-hand windows, which is enclosed by a mid-19th century porch. A glazed walkway or conservatory leads to a single-storey addition from the right-hand end of the house. This 19th-century extension is made of colourwashed brick and features a slate roof and sash windows.

The main block has its front door located at the right gable end, which is a plank door beneath a moulded cut bracketed cornice hood. The rear elevation has red brick chimney stacks and additional 19th-century brick additions.

Local climate

Avenue House 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • 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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