Parsonage House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. House.
Parsonage House
- WRENN ID
- steep-keystone-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Parsonage House, Podington
- OS grid reference
- SP 928 637
- Coordinates
- 52.26371, -0.64123
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Parsonage House is a 17th century former vicarage that was partly raised and altered in the early 19th century, with some 20th century modifications. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble. The eastern section is a single storey with attics and features a steeply pitched roof with stone gable coping, now covered with concrete tiles. There is a datestone in the apex of the gable dated 1657, and an attic box dormer. On the ground floor, there are two casement windows with glazing bars, the left-hand window being a 3-light design.
The western section has been raised to two storeys, with a datestone in the gable end dated 1820. This section has stone coped gables and a shallow-pitched roof, also clad with concrete tiles. The first floor contains two modern casements, while the ground floor features two 3-light casements with glazing bars and a central 6-panel door. The western gable end includes a lean-to extension with a clay tile roof.
Local climate
Parsonage House 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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