Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1974. A C16 House.
Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- waiting-wattle-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Manor Farmhouse, Cotton End Road, Wilshamstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 068 437
- Coordinates
- 52.08206, -0.44175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It features a timber framed construction that has been rebuilt or encased in brick at the ground floor, and the entire building is covered in pebbledash render. The roof is made of clay tiles, with some areas featuring bands of fishscale tiles. The house is two storeys high and has an H-plan layout, with a one-storey lean-to addition and attics at the rear.
On the south elevation, the ground floor includes a canted bay window on the left-hand cross-wing and another in the central block, both fitted with sash windows. These bays are connected by a tiled porch. The right-hand gable has French windows. The first floor features four two-light casement windows with glazing bars. The cross-wings have jettied attic levels. The entrance has a four-panel door, with the top pair being glazed. There are two red brick ridge stacks on the central block.
Local climate
Manor Farmhouse 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 96% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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