Bottom Lodge, to Turvey House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Lodge.
Bottom Lodge, to Turvey House
- WRENN ID
- hushed-sill-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- Bottom Lodge, to Turvey House, High Street, MK43 8EP
- OS grid reference
- SP 940 524
- Coordinates
- 52.16273, -0.62617
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bottom Lodge, to Turvey House, is a small lodge built in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of coursed roughly squared limestone and features a slate roof with stone gable coping and moulded kneelers. The building has a T-plan and is one storey high. The east gable end facing the road displays a coat-of-arms set within a stone architrave, featuring a shield with three cranes' heads on a scallop shell. Below this, there is a three-light casement window with pointed arched lights and a drip moulding. The projecting gabled wing on the north elevation includes a two-light casement window on its east side. Additionally, the north gable end has a flat-roofed porch with a moulded cornice and lancet side lights.
Local climate
Bottom Lodge, to Turvey House 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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