The Wollery is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Wollery
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-plinth-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Wollery, High Street, Turvey, MK43 8DB
- OS grid reference
- SP 943 524
- Coordinates
- 52.1623, -0.62227
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wollery is a pair of large semi-detached houses likely dating from the mid-19th century. Constructed of coursed limestone rubble, the roofs are covered with banded fishscale and plain clay tiles. The building has a five-bay plan with projecting gabled sections on the north elevation, and central red brick chimney stacks.
The north elevation exhibits a symmetrical design, with a single three-pane window in the attic of each gable end. The windows pivot and are paired with a semi-circular fixed light above, featuring simplified Gothic tracery. The first floor has sash windows with glazing bars arranged in a 1:4:1 pattern, while the ground floor is arranged 1:2:1. Each angle between the central block and projecting gables features a doorway topped with a gabled hood supported by moulded brackets, and decorated with cusped, openwork bargeboards.
Local climate
The Wollery sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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