College Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

College Farmhouse

WRENN ID
burning-chamber-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 July 1964
Type
Farmhouse
Address
College Farmhouse, High Street, Great Barford, MK44 3JJ
OS grid reference
TL 131 519
Coordinates
52.15429, -0.34684
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

College Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. The southeast wing, which is from the 17th century, features colour washed rough cast over a timber frame and has an old clay tile roof with a zigzag pattern. It has a three-bay plan and stands two storeys high, with two three-light wood mullion sash windows that include glazing bars. The central door is made of six fielded panels and has a cut bracketed doorhood, positioned in line with a red brick multiple ridge stack.

The 18th century road front block is constructed of red brick and also has an old clay tile roof. This section has a five-bay facade and rises to three storeys. A cavetto brick band runs along the first floor, and the cornice features cyma reversa, dentil, ovolo, and cyma recta styles. The ground and first floors have sash windows with 19th century glazing bars. The central doorway is adorned with fluted Doric half columns, an entablature that includes guttae and triglyphs, a modillion cornice, and a pediment. The door itself has a fielded panel reveal and is half glazed with four fielded panels. The top floor windows are dummies, with the roof sloping down behind the parapet.

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 98% 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, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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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