The Old Granary is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1986. Barn. 1 related planning application.
The Old Granary
- WRENN ID
- eastward-ledge-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1986
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- The Old Granary, 65, Church End, Biddenham, MK40 4AS
- OS grid reference
- TL 013 498
- Coordinates
- 52.13803, -0.52003
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Granary is a barn with an entrance barn, situated in a range east of Church Farmhouse in Biddenham. The building dates to the 17th and 18th centuries. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble. The entrance barn features weatherboarding over the carriageway and an old clay tile roof. The barn immediately to the south has a slightly lower pantiled roof. The west elevation incorporates stone and brick stairs leading to a first-floor entrance; each long elevation has two wooden window frames.
Local climate
The Old Granary 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 95% 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 54% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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