40, 42 and 44, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1985. Cottages.
40, 42 and 44, High Street
- WRENN ID
- last-timber-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1985
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 40, 42 and 44, High Street, Silsoe
- OS grid reference
- TL 081 357
- Coordinates
- 52.00998, -0.42499
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 40, 42, and 44 High Street are a range of cottages dating from the 18th century, with 19th-century alterations. The cottages have a timber-framed structure, with the ground floor rebuilt in brick during the 19th century. The first floor is rendered and the entire building is colourwashed. The roof is half-hipped and covered with clay tiles. The cottages have a total of seven rooms across two storeys. The ground floor features five three-light casements, while the first floor has six two-light casements, most of which have leaded lights. There is a 20th-century part-glazed door, two plank doors, and two blocked doorways.
Local climate
40, 42 and 44, High Street 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 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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