North Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Entrance lodge.
North Lodge
- WRENN ID
- vast-jamb-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Entrance lodge
- Address
- North Lodge, Sharnbrook
- OS grid reference
- SP 988 599
- Coordinates
- 52.22864, -0.55361
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
North Lodge is a late 19th-century entrance lodge located in the Sharnbrook Colworth Estate. It is constructed from ironstone with cobbles and limestone dressings, topped with a clay tile roof. The building has an irregular plan and features an external stack on the north-west side. It is a single storey in height.
The south-west elevation showcases a large gabled porch, which has a trefoiled oeil de boeuf above a four-centred door head. The south-east elevation includes a three-light bay that displays a coat of arms along with the motto 'Audaces fortuna juvat'. Additionally, the lodge features carved bargeboards and gothic chimney details.
Local climate
North Lodge 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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