Wych Tree Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.
Wych Tree Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- moated-alcove-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Wych Tree Farmhouse, Bolnhurst and Keysoe, MK44 2JG
- OS grid reference
- TL 082 611
- Coordinates
- 52.23748, -0.41612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wych Tree Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse constructed with a timber frame and faced with pebble-dash. It has an old clay tile roof and features a T-plan layout, with the main block being one storey with attics and a cross-wing that is two storeys high. The eastern gable end has a red brick external stack, while there is also a red brick ridge stack.
On the main block, there are two 3-light casement windows on the ground floor and a gabled dormer with a 2-light casement window. The entrance features a four fielded panel door set within a moulded surround. The cross-wing has a projecting gable with a 2-light horizontal sash window on each floor, along with another four fielded panel door in a moulded surround. The two blocks of the farmhouse likely date from different periods, as indicated by the change in roof level near the cross-wing.
Local climate
Wych Tree 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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