Twildo is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1977. A C17 House.
Twildo
- WRENN ID
- small-oriel-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- Twildo, 32, High Street, Carlton and Chellington, MK43 7LA
- OS grid reference
- SP 953 552
- Coordinates
- 52.18768, -0.60673
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 32 Twildo is a 17th-century house located on the west side of High Street in Carlton and Chellington. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a thatched roof with an L-plan layout. The main wing, which has two bays, faces the road, while a lower one-bay wing at the rear faces the roadway. There are red brick chimney stacks on the east, west, and north gable ends. The house is one storey with attics. On the south elevation, there is one dormer window at the eaves level. The ground floor includes two three-light casement windows with glazing bars and a central doorway. There is a 20th-century extension at the west end of the house.
Local climate
Twildo 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
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