Stable Block with Clock Tower to Turvey Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. A C17 Stable block.
Stable Block with Clock Tower to Turvey Abbey
- WRENN ID
- rough-zinc-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Stable block
- Address
- Stable Block with Clock Tower to Turvey Abbey, Bedford Road
- OS grid reference
- SP 945 523
- Coordinates
- 52.16162, -0.6187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable block with clock tower at Turvey Abbey dates from the 17th century and was restored in 1801. It is constructed of ashlar and coursed limestone rubble, topped with a hipped old clay tile roof. On the right side, there is a semi-circular headed archway. Atop the building, the clock tower features a square base and an octagonal domed cupola, both adorned with wooden modillion cornices. The stable block includes ground floor leaded casement windows.
Local climate
Stable Block with Clock Tower to Turvey Abbey 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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