West Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Farmhouse.

West Farmhouse

WRENN ID
twisted-marble-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
West Farmhouse, Podington
OS grid reference
SP 935 616
Coordinates
52.24475, -0.63137
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

West Farmhouse is a late 17th century or 18th century house that features a wing added in the late 18th century and further alterations made in the 19th century. The building is constructed from coursed limestone rubble. The southern wing has a clay tile roof with stone gable coping and consists of one storey with attics. The windows have been completely altered, featuring three inserted gabled dormers and two ground floor sash windows with stone heads. There is a central doorway. The later rear wing has a concrete tile roof and is two storeys high with attics, including two gabled dormers. Both the first and ground floors have one casement window with glazing bars and one 19th century sash window, along with a doorhead that has a pent roof.

Local climate

West Farmhouse 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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