Bletsoe Castle is a Grade II* listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. A C16 Mansion.
Bletsoe Castle
- WRENN ID
- watchful-rubblework-fern
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1952
- Type
- Mansion
- Address
- Bletsoe Castle, Coplowe Lane
- OS grid reference
- TL 024 584
- Coordinates
- 52.21441, -0.50132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bletsoe Castle is a late 16th-century mansion that was reduced from three storeys to two storeys in the 19th century and has since been modernised. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features old clay tiles on a hipped roof. At the rear, there is a double gabled wing and an overlapping central external stack. The front elevation includes eight mullion and transom casements with three and four lights, all with glazing bars, as well as a plinth and a first-floor band. There are two doorways with four-centred arches, carved spandrels, and moulded surrounds. The original chimneys on the rear elevation have been retained but at reduced heights. Additionally, some rear windows still have their original hood moulds, and there are signs of attachments for demolished buildings at the southeast end of the main range.
Local climate
Bletsoe Castle 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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