The Three Compasses Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Three Compasses Public House
- WRENN ID
- tilted-brick-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Three Compasses Public House, High Street, Dean and Shelton, PE28 0NE
- OS grid reference
- TL 042 676
- Coordinates
- 52.29716, -0.47276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Three Compasses Public House is a public house dating from around 1700. It features colour washed brick and rough cast on a timber frame, with a weatherboarded north end and a thatched roof. The building has a four-bay plan and stands two storeys high. On the ground floor, there is one three-light casement window and one two-light horizontal sash window, with the front door located opposite a red brick ridge stack. The doors date from the 20th century. The first floor has three horizontal sash windows, including one three-light and two two-light windows, all with glazing bars.
Local climate
The Three Compasses Public 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 96% 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 52% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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