Barn North of the Lodge Cottage, The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Barn.

Barn North of the Lodge Cottage, The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
watchful-lintel-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 August 1983
Type
Barn
Address
Barn North of the Lodge Cottage, The Old Rectory, Kimbolton Road, Pertenhall
OS grid reference
TL 086 654
Coordinates
52.27612, -0.40954
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located north of the Lodge Cottage at the Old Rectory, dates from the late 18th century. It features anumber frame construction set on a red brick plinth, with red brick infill on the south side and weatherboarding on the north side. The roof is made of corrugated iron and the barn has a three-bay plan with a queen post roof structure.

Local climate

Barn North of the Lodge Cottage, The Old Rectory 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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