49-52 is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
49-52
- WRENN ID
- high-storey-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 49-52, Millbrook, MK45 2JA
- OS grid reference
- TL 014 383
- Coordinates
- 52.03437, -0.5231
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of four estate cottages, built in 1848 as part of the Duke of Bedford’s estate. They are constructed of mottled pink brick with brick dressings and some red brick patterning, with clay tile roofs. The cottages form a continuous block with slightly projecting gables to the front and rear elevations. They have one storey and attics. There are six ground floor windows: those within the projecting gables have three lights, while the recessed bays have two lights. Four two-light casements provide access to the attics. Most windows are cast iron lattice casements. Cottages 49 and 52 have gabled brick porches on their side elevations, while cottages 50 and 51 have similar porches flanking the central projecting gables. The porches originally had round-arched entrances, but these have been filled with 20th-century doors. Four multiple ridge stacks, made of red brick, are visible. Cottage 50 also features two 20th-century rooflights.
Local climate
49-52 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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 — 4 transactions since 1997
- 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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