The Bedford Gallery is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1971. Gallery. 9 related planning applications.
The Bedford Gallery
- WRENN ID
- low-latch-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1971
- Type
- Gallery
- Address
- The Bedford Gallery, Castle Lane, MK40 3XD
- OS grid reference
- TL 052 497
- Coordinates
- 52.13638, -0.46363
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bedford Gallery, located at 831 Castle Lane, dates from around 1800 and is attributed to John Wing. It is constructed of red brick and features a gabled Welsh slate roof with an eaves cornice. The building has two storeys and an attic, with sill and impost bands. There is a central projection with a symmetrical arrangement of windows: two round-headed windows on either side of four in the middle, all with glazing bars set in reveals and stucco voussoirs. The structure also has a cement plinth. Originally, it served as a militia depot.
Local climate
The Bedford Gallery 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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