Twin Lodges and Connecting Archway is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. Lodges.
Twin Lodges and Connecting Archway
- WRENN ID
- other-cornice-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Lodges
- Address
- Twin Lodges and Connecting Archway, Sharnbrook
- OS grid reference
- SP 987 597
- Coordinates
- 52.22672, -0.55563
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Twin Lodges and connecting archway were built in 1811 by John Wing of Bedford. They consist of a pair of lodges located on either side of a formal arch. The lodges are constructed from ashlar stone and feature hipped roofs made of Welsh slate. Each lodge has three sash windows set between plain pilasters, topped with a cornice band and a parapet. The tall, rounded entrance archway includes impost bands, a keystone, and plain flanking pilasters. Above the pilasters, there is a simplified entablature that breaks forward, leading to a blocking course with three sections that also break forward, the central section adorned with a cherub reclining on a scroll.
Local climate
Twin Lodges and Connecting Archway 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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