Bletsoe Park Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Farmhouse.
Bletsoe Park Farm
- WRENN ID
- empty-belfry-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Bletsoe Park Farm, Riseley Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 034 604
- Coordinates
- 52.23288, -0.487
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bletsoe Park Farm is a substantial isolated farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with 19th-century additions and renovations. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, featuring some local brick in a chequer pattern with light headers, and it has an old clay tile roof. The farmhouse has a cruciform plan, with a central double-sided chimney that has four square brick stacks set diagonally. It is two storeys tall with attics, and there are single-storey extensions at the angles of the cross plan. The north wing has eight small widely splayed ground floor windows, while the west wing features three central sash windows with glazing bars and brick dressings. The south wing, made of 19th-century brick, includes ground floor French windows and first floor and attic sash windows, all with glazing bars, as well as serrated bargeboards. This building is likely to have served as the former Park Keeper's Lodge.
Local climate
Bletsoe Park Farm 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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