Former Stevington Lower School is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1974. School. 1 related planning application.

Former Stevington Lower School

WRENN ID
sacred-lead-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 June 1974
Type
School
Address
Former Stevington Lower School, 20, Church Road, MK43 7QB
OS grid reference
SP 990 534
Coordinates
52.17032, -0.55298
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Stevington Lower School is a building from 1863, originally part of the Bedford Estate. It is constructed from coursed stone rubble with ashlar dressings and features an old clay tile roof. The building has an L-plan layout, with a left-hand projecting gable wing. The gable end includes four-light casement windows that have heavy stone mullions and a transom. Similar windows are found on the other wing. At the angle between the wings, there is a hipped roof porch. The side wall is divided into small squares, each framed in timber and hung with concrete tiles. The entrance features a four-centred arched doorway.

Local climate

Former Stevington Lower School 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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