51 and 51a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1979. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
51 and 51a, High Street
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-attic-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1979
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- 51 and 51a, High Street, Sandy
- OS grid reference
- TL 174 490
- Coordinates
- 52.12759, -0.28545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 51 and 51A on High Street is a 17th century timber-framed T-plan farmhouse that features an extended rear wing. The building was refaced in the 19th century with gault brick. It is two stories high with attics and has a concrete tile roof. There are two modern box dormers that have been inserted, along with three 19th century casement windows. The left-hand side of the ground floor includes a canted bay window.
Local climate
51 and 51a, High Street 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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