North End Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. A C17 Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
North End Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- broken-slate-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- North End Farmhouse, Bletsoe, MK44 1QT
- OS grid reference
- TL 025 595
- Coordinates
- 52.2248, -0.50059
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
North End Farmhouse is a farmhouse with origins dating back to the 16th or 17th century. It has undergone alterations in the 19th century and extensive restoration using Prisoner of War labour in the 1940s. The building features a timber frame that has been partly replaced with local brick, which is also used as infill material. The roof is thatched, and the structure is designed in an L-plan, with two limestone rubble stacks, one of which is external. The farmhouse has one storey and attics, and the windows and doors are modern. Notably, it contains late 16th century stone fireplaces that are reputed to have come from Bletsoe Castle.
Local climate
North End 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 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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