Whitegates is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1974. House.
Whitegates
- WRENN ID
- south-thatch-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Whitegates, 153, High Street, Riseley
- OS grid reference
- TL 046 633
- Coordinates
- 52.25842, -0.46786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whitegates is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with a front block added in the 18th century. It features colour washed rough cast over a timber frame and has an old clay tile roof. The building is designed in a T-plan, with a later block added to the gable end of the cross-wing, which runs parallel to the main block. The house has two storeys and mainly consists of leaded casements, along with some 2-light horizontal sashes with glazing bars on the southwest elevations. There are red brick external stacks on both gable ends of the 18th-century block, and a red brick double ridge stack on the main wing of the earlier building. Additionally, there is a lean-to pantiled addition to the cross-wing, which fills the space between the two parallel blocks.
Local climate
Whitegates 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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