College Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Farmhouse. 14 related planning applications.
College Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lesser-gutter-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- College Farmhouse, Church Road, Bolnhurst and Keysoe, MK44 2JP
- OS grid reference
- TL 070 615
- Coordinates
- 52.2417, -0.4333
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
College Farmhouse is a timber-frame farmhouse dating to the 16th and 17th centuries, with later additions. It is constructed of timber frame with coursed rubble, brick, and rough cast, all colour washed, and has a clay tile roof. The house is arranged in an H-plan, consisting of a two-storeyed north wing from the 16th century, connected to a two-storeyed and attic 17th century south wing. A one-storeyed 20th century section fills the space between, creating an overall rectangular plan, and a lean-to addition extends from the south elevation. The east elevation’s south gable has one window per floor, while the north gable has two. Most windows are 20th century replacements, aside from a single-light casement with a moulded surround in the south wing attic and a two-light horizontal sash with a moulded surround to the north wing first floor. The west elevation features coursed rubble to the ground floor, brick to the first floor and attic, red brick integral gable end stacks, and 20th century brick coping. Sash windows are present in the link block's first floor. Parts of the north elevation show close-studding with brick infill, and some pinhole pargeting. The interior of the 17th century block includes stopped chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, built-in cupboards, and panelling with an arcading design along the top of the fireplace wall in a first-floor room.
Local climate
College 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 14 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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