The Old Bakehouse, 23 and 25 Church Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. A Georgian House.
The Old Bakehouse, 23 and 25 Church Road
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-lime-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Old Bakehouse, 23 and 25 Church Road, Wootton, MK43 9HF
- OS grid reference
- TL 004 450
- Coordinates
- 52.09497, -0.53492
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bakehouse, located at 23 and 25 Church Road, is a late 17th century or early 18th century house that features a 19th century red brick wing on the north-east side. The original section of the building has a colourwashed roughcast exterior over timber framing and is topped with a concrete tile roof. It stands one storey high with attics and has three hipped dormers on the south-east elevation. The ground floor includes three casement windows, with the central window being from the 20th century and the outer ones being three-light windows with glazing bars. The 19th century red brick wing is slightly lower than the original block, has an old clay tile roof, and also stands one storey high with attics. It features two gabled dormers and three ground floor triple doorways that are set beneath cambered arches.
Local climate
The Old Bakehouse, 23 and 25 Church Road 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 95% 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 54% 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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