47 and 47a, High Street South is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1976. Cottage.
47 and 47a, High Street South
- WRENN ID
- under-keystone-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 47 and 47a, High Street South, Dunstable
- OS grid reference
- TL 020 217
- Coordinates
- 51.88464, -0.51867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 47 and 47A on High Street South are 18th century or early 19th century cottages featuring a modern shop front. The building has two storeys and three sash windows, with a colour washed brick exterior and an old tiled roof. There are two arched panels on the first floor and a plain door surround. A recent addition has been made to the back of the property. Nos 47, 47A, 49, and 49A form a group with No 45, which is of local interest.
Local climate
47 and 47a, High Street South sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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