The Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1962. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Manor
- WRENN ID
- outer-chimney-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1962
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Manor, Kempston
- OS grid reference
- TL 026 477
- Coordinates
- 52.11837, -0.50223
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor is a house built around 1815 by John Wing for the Reverend E. Williamson. The roof was reworked in the late 19th century. The front elevation is cement rendered and color-washed, while the building features blocks of coursed limestone rubble. The roofs are slate, with the main block having a mansard roof and sprocketed eaves.
The main block is two stories with attics and has a double-pile plan, along with a two-storey gabled block and a single-storey hipped block to the west. The south elevation of the main block has quoins at the corners, a string course at the first-floor sill level, and a wood modillion eaves cornice. There are sash windows with glazing bars set in reveals and plain raised surrounds, with two on the ground floor and three on the first floor.
A central box dormer features small paired sash windows. The stucco door surround is decorated with vermiculated rustication, impost mouldings, a keyblock, and a modillion cornice. This surround encloses a wooden archivolt and reveals with fielded panelling, a wide door with three fielded panels, and a semi-circular fanlight with decorative glazing bars.
Local climate
The Manor 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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