Bushmead Priory House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. House.
Bushmead Priory House
- WRENN ID
- second-chancel-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bushmead Priory House, Staploe
- OS grid reference
- TL 116 607
- Coordinates
- 52.23356, -0.36713
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bushmead Priory House is a house dating from around 1700, with the eastern end rebuilt in the 1970s. It is constructed of red brick and features an old clay tile roof. The facade is symmetrical, with two storeys and attics. On the south elevation, there is one blocked window and two flush sash windows with glazing bars on the left side of the ground floor. The first floor on the left side has three original wood mullion and transom windows, along with one similar window in the centre, all set under flat arches. The right side has three sash windows on the ground floor and three mullion and transom windows on the first floor, designed to mimic those on the left but set under cambered heads. There are two gabled dormers, each with two-light horizontal sashes featuring glazing bars. The central front door has a moulded surround and a cut bracketed hood. A red brick multiple ridge stack is located off-centre, and there is a 1738 Sun Insurance plaque above the door.
Local climate
Bushmead Priory 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 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, fewer than 52% 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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