Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Hill Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- quiet-slate-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Hill Farmhouse, Water Lane, Renhold, MK41 0JH
- OS grid reference
- TL 107 512
- Coordinates
- 52.14804, -0.3826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hill Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. It features colour washed rough cast over a timber frame, with colour washed brick additions to the south and rear. The roof is a hipped clay tile roof from the 20th century. The building has an L-plan and is two storeys high.
On the east elevation, there is one two-light horizontal sash window with glazing bars on the ground floor, while the rest of the windows are a mix of casement styles. A 20th-century door with sidelights is located under a 20th-century open porch that has a hipped tiled roof. The south elevation showcases 19th-century window designs, including two three-light casements on the ground floor and two three-light and one central two-light casement on the first floor, all set under cambered heads. There is a central doorway with a cut bracketed hood. Additionally, there is a one-storey and attic addition to the north.
Local climate
Hill 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 96% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2026
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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