7, Rushden Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Farmhouse.
7, Rushden Road
- WRENN ID
- distant-stronghold-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- 7, Rushden Road, Milton Ernest, MK44 1RU
- OS grid reference
- TL 017 561
- Coordinates
- 52.19388, -0.51291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 7 on Rushden Road is a large 17th-century farmhouse constructed from coursed limestone rubble, topped with an old clay tile roof and featuring a substantial brick stack. The building has a three-room plan with back-to-back hearths, with the side opposite the front entrance. The front elevation showcases three modern windows on each of the two storeys, and there is a four-panelled front door.
Local climate
7, Rushden Road 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 97% 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 50% 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
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