Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Manor Farmhouse

WRENN ID
dusted-ember-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 August 1983
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Manor Farmhouse, Church Road, Colmworth, MK44 2JU
OS grid reference
TL 107 585
Coordinates
52.21402, -0.37991
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in 1609 by Edmund Ibbot for Catherine Dyer, as indicated by an inscription on a beam. It is located on the site of an earlier manor house. The building features colour washed brick and rough cast over a timber frame, topped with an old clay tile roof. It has a T-plan layout and is two storeys high, with later single storey brick additions extending from the south wing.

The northeast elevation showcases a brick ground floor and a rough cast first floor. The ground floor includes two sash windows and one pair of two-light casements, all set beneath cambered relieving arches. The first floor contains two leaded two-light casements and one two-light horizontal sash with glazing bars. There is a 20th-century front door set in a round-headed opening. A substantial projecting chimney breast is located to the left, and a decorative moulded frieze is positioned to the right of the door. The house is situated on a moated site.

Local climate

Manor Farmhouse 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 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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