20 and 22, Kimbolton Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1971. Villa. 3 related planning applications.
20 and 22, Kimbolton Road
- WRENN ID
- tired-keystone-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1971
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- 20 and 22, Kimbolton Road, MK40 2NR
- OS grid reference
- TL 053 502
- Coordinates
- 52.1405, -0.46238
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a Neo-Classical villa dating from the 1840s and 1850s. It is constructed of stucco with a Welsh slate roof. The design features a pedimented two-storey and attic central section, accentuated by six Doric pilasters. This central section contains two windows, with a small pediment topping the pilasters within the tympanum. The side wings are slightly recessed, and incorporate porches in antis, which are supported by consoles beneath the lintels. Numbers 20 and 22 are part of a group that includes numbers 10 to 30 (even), and numbers 30A and 30B.
Local climate
20 and 22, Kimbolton Road 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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