The Rectory and Spinney Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. House. 1 related planning application.

The Rectory and Spinney Hill

WRENN ID
north-pewter-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1987
Type
House
Address
The Rectory and Spinney Hill, Sharnbrook Road, Knotting and Souldrop, MK44 1EX
OS grid reference
SP 986 612
Coordinates
52.24075, -0.55708
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rectory and Spinney Hill are a late 17th-century rectory, significantly altered in the 19th century, and a subsequent, smaller house, formerly part of the rectory. The Rectory is constructed of roughcast limestone rubble with a Welsh slate roof. It is two storeys and has attics. The south (garden) elevation features a central gabled attic dormer set high within the roof slope, three first-floor sash windows with glazing bars above a first-floor band. A central doorway is positioned on the ground floor, featuring a round-headed arch with a rusticated surround and moulded imposts. Matching round-headed French windows are located to the left, and a canted bay window extends to the right. The northern (rear) elevation displays two gables, each with a 2-light casement window, three first-floor windows, and lean-to ground-floor additions. Spinney Hill, a separate house, is dated to the 19th century and is constructed of limestone rubble with Welsh slates. It is also two storeys and has attics. Its south elevation includes two box dormers high within the roof slope, a gabled dormer spanning half the eaves line, and a large, half-hipped, square oriel window on brackets at the first floor. French windows are present on the ground floor, and a window is blocked in the first floor of the eastern gable end. The north elevation has been altered.

Local climate

The Rectory and Spinney Hill 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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