Bedford School (Main Building) is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1971. School. 13 related planning applications.
Bedford School (Main Building)
- WRENN ID
- buried-pier-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1971
- Type
- School
- Address
- Bedford School (Main Building), MK40 2TU
- OS grid reference
- TL 052 503
- Coordinates
- 52.14144, -0.46371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The main building of Bedford School was constructed between 1889 and 1891. It features a symmetrical Neo-Tudor design with a central tower and gabled end wings. The building is made of red brick with stone dressings. The sections connecting the tower to the wings are recessed and have ground floor arcades, each featuring three tall windows. A small spire is located at the center of the roof ridge. The architect of this structure is E C Robins.
Local climate
Bedford School (Main Building) 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 13 applications
- 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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