The Willows is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
The Willows
- WRENN ID
- winter-gable-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Willows, Mill Lane, Pavenham, MK43 7NL
- OS grid reference
- SP 989 554
- Coordinates
- 52.18819, -0.55382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willows is a house dating from the 17th century or early 18th century, constructed from coursed limestone rubble, with part of the southeast elevation rendered and the northwest elevation colorwashed. It features a thatched roof and is two storeys tall, designed in a T-plan with a cross wing at the northeast end. The windows are asymmetrically placed and come in various styles and sizes across all elevations. The northwest elevation includes an early window with glazing bars on the first floor of the cross wing. The northeast and southeast elevations of the wing also showcase interesting first-floor windows with pointed Gothic arches, glazing bars on the casements, and leading to the apex of the arch. The entrance on the southeast elevation has a 20th-century gabled porch. There is a single-storey 19th-century extension at the southwest end, made of colorwashed brick with a slate roof.
Local climate
The Willows 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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