Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. A C19 Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Manor House

WRENN ID
dusk-barrel-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Manor House, Church End, Felmersham, MK43 7JB
OS grid reference
SP 993 578
Coordinates
52.20999, -0.54758
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Manor House is a large farmhouse that features multiple architectural periods. The front block, dating from the early to mid-19th century, faces Memorial Lane, while the rear wing is from the 17th century and looks onto Church End.

The front block is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, roughly finished to resemble ashlar, and has a double-hipped Welsh slate roof with wide eaves. It stands two storeys tall with attics and has a symmetrical front elevation. The central part of the façade is recessed, featuring a front door that is also recessed and flanked by two small sash windows, all beneath a flat hood that spans the width of the recess and is supported by small fluted columns at each end. Above the door, there is a tall, thin sash window with a blind panel in the lower portion. Each side wing of the front door has large sash windows with three lights and wooden mullions on both the ground and first floors. The windows and front door are adorned with heavy sills, raised surrounds, and keystones. The roof includes three box dormers with sashes.

The rear wing is made of coursed limestone rubble and features an old clay tile roof. A central brick chimney stack is located opposite the front door, and the gable end is stone-coped. There is one three-light leaded casement window under a timber lintel on the first floor. Additionally, there is a 19th-century stone extension at the angle between the two main wings.

Local climate

Manor House 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, more than 50% 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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