St Mary's House is a Grade II* listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1952. A Georgian House. 1 related planning application.

St Mary's House

WRENN ID
muffled-minaret-myrtle
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1952
Type
House
Period
Georgian
Address
St Mary's House, 15, Cardington Road, MK42 0BX
OS grid reference
TL 052 493
Coordinates
52.13273, -0.46369
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Mary's House, located at 15 Cardington Road, dates from around 1707. It is constructed of red brick and features an old tile roof with a modillion cornice, a parapet, and a pediment that contains a circular panel in the tympanum. The building stands three storeys tall with a slight central projection and has a symmetrical facade with two sets of double-hung sash windows on each side of the central entrance, all set in reveals. There are bands at the floor levels. The entrance consists of a six-panel door, with four fielded panels and two flush panels, framed by fluted Roman Doric pilasters and a fully detailed entablature, topped with an open pediment that includes an interesting fanlight in the tympanum. St Mary's House is part of a group that includes Nos 11 to 15 (odd).

Local climate

St Mary's House 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 95% 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 54% 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 0.3°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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  2. 11, Cardington Road Grade II 26 m
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  5. Church of St Mary Grade I 122 m
  6. 50, Cardington Road Grade II 144 m
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  9. St John's Hospital Grade II* 173 m
  10. Church of St John and associated boundary walls and gates Grade I 182 m