Abbey Square is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Terrace of estate cottages. 7 related planning applications.
Abbey Square
- WRENN ID
- worn-pier-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Terrace of estate cottages
- Address
- Abbey Square, 1-9, High Street, Turvey, MK43 8DJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 944 524
- Coordinates
- 52.16239, -0.62038
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbey Square is a terrace of estate cottages arranged around two sides of a courtyard. The terrace was primarily built in the mid-19th century as an addition to an earlier building, likely dating to the late 17th or 18th century, which now forms the northern range. The cottages are constructed from coursed limestone rubble with an old clay tile roof.
The west range comprises three cottages with a two-bay plan. The east elevation has a central gable with decorative bargeboards. The first floor has five two-light casement windows with glazing bars. The ground floor mirrors this arrangement, with each cottage featuring a central, pedimented doorhood supported on slender timber piers. The cottage at the north end is at an angle with the northern range.
The northern range consists of two groups of cottages. A west L-shaped block has a projecting gabled wing to its west side, containing three cottages. The main block of this section has a central gable. The cottages in this block share a similar appearance with casement windows with glazing bars and doorhoods. An east block presents a symmetrical arrangement with projecting gabled wings on either end. This block incorporates the earliest construction. The central wing has two-light casement windows with glazing bars. The west gable end has 20th-century casements, while the east gable features three-light casements.
Local climate
Abbey Square 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- 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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