45-55, Dumfries Street is a Grade II listed building in the Luton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1981. Terrace, shop. 1 related planning application.

45-55, Dumfries Street

WRENN ID
plain-crypt-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Luton
Constituency
Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1981
Type
Terrace, shop
Address
45-55, Dumfries Street, LU1 5BP
OS grid reference
TL 088 209
Coordinates
51.87627, -0.42043
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

45-55 Dumfries Street is a mid-19th century terrace that includes a corner shop. The building is constructed from Luton grey bricks with red brick accents and features a Welsh slate roof. The first floor has eight windows, mostly original sashes with glazing bars and gauged heads. The ground floor contains six similar windows and six doorways, each with decorative surrounds of pilasters, an entablature, and a cornice. The shop is double-fronted, with an entrance door located on the chamfered corner, beneath a blocked first floor window.

Local climate

45-55, Dumfries Street 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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