10 and 12, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1985. A C17 House. 4 related planning applications.
10 and 12, High Street
- WRENN ID
- fading-solder-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- 10 and 12, High Street, Silsoe, MK45 4DR
- OS grid reference
- TL 082 355
- Coordinates
- 52.00753, -0.42403
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, dating to the 17th century, with additions and alterations from the 18th and 19th centuries. The front of the building has a pebbledash render finish over a partially timber-framed structure, with some timber framing exposed at the rear. It has a clay tile roof. The building is arranged in an 'L' shape. The rear block is two storeys high, while the front block is two storeys high with attics. The west elevation features sash windows with glazing bars, two windows per floor. An off-centre flush panel door is complemented by a rectangular fanlight above. A moulded wooden eaves cornice runs along the top. The left-hand gable has a large external chimney stack built of red brick, while the right-hand gable features a later external stack constructed from yellow brick. A single-storey outbuilding to the left, built of colour-washed brick, has a matching sash window. The south elevation shows the rear block with a small projecting gable of two storeys, flanked by single-storey lean-to additions. There is a variety of windows, some with leaded casements, and some horizontal sashes with glazing bars.
Local climate
10 and 12, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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