38-40, Village Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. A C17 Residential.
38-40, Village Road
- WRENN ID
- white-glass-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 38-40, Village Road, Bromham, MK43 8LL
- OS grid reference
- TL 008 510
- Coordinates
- 52.14845, -0.52765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
38-40 Village Road is a house from the 17th or 18th century, positioned gable end to the road. It is built from colour-washed coursed limestone rubble, with some areas roughcast over a timber frame, and features a thatched roof. The house has two storeys and a single-sided central chimney that heats the eastern room, with gable end stacks added later. On the north side, there is a simple door hood, while the south elevation includes three 3-light casement windows with glazing bars and an off-centre front door.
Local climate
38-40, Village Road 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
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