College Farmhouse 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.
College Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fading-hearth-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- College Farmhouse, Church End, Felmersham, MK43 7JB
- OS grid reference
- SP 992 578
- Coordinates
- 52.20987, -0.5488
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
College Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse constructed of coursed limestone rubble, with an old clay tile roof and brick stacks. The main block is oriented with its long axis facing the road. It follows a large three-room plan, with integral gable-end stacks positioned behind flat stone-coped gables; one stack is situated opposite the front door. The farmhouse has two storeys and attics. The front elevation features one original ground-floor window, beneath a wooden lintel, to the east of a four-panelled front door, which has a flat door hood supported by side brackets on simple pilaster supports. The first floor has two original windows at the east end, with one blocked window at the west end. A two-storey rear wing, dating to the early 19th century, is constructed of local red brick with darker brick headers and has an old clay tile roof. This wing features modern windows and a blocked door under large gauged flat arches.
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, more than 50% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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