The Old Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1974. House.
The Old Manor House
- WRENN ID
- little-thatch-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Manor House, Cotton End Road, Wilshamstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 064 436
- Coordinates
- 52.08104, -0.44789
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Manor House is a house built in the mid-19th century, with later additions and alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of mottled pink brick, with red brick additions, and features clay tile roofs, including a west cross-wing that is half-hipped. The house is two stories tall and has an L-shaped plan with additional structures.
On the front elevation, the ground floor includes a canted bay window on the west wing gable, along with two windows in the main block, all of which are topped with gauged brick heads. The first floor has three windows, all of which are sash windows with glazing bars. The main block features a central doorway that has a hood supported by cut brackets. The door consists of three moulded panels and is topped by a rectangular fanlight with glazing bars. Moulded wood pendants are present on both the door and the eaves.
Local climate
The Old Manor House 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 96% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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