The Leys is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. House. 1 related planning application.

The Leys

WRENN ID
kindled-groin-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1987
Type
House
Address
The Leys, High Street, Pavenham
OS grid reference
SP 991 555
Coordinates
52.18938, -0.55136
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Leys is a house dating from the 17th century or early 18th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and has a clay tile roof. The building is two storeys high, featuring six leaded casement windows on the first floor and five slightly taller leaded casement windows on the ground floor. There is a 20th-century gabled porch at the front. At the rear, there is an outshut that is likely from the 19th century.

Local climate

The Leys 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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