Chestnut Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Chestnut Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- bitter-alcove-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Chestnut Farmhouse, Tilbrook Road, Dean and Shelton, PE28 0LJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 055 689
- Coordinates
- 52.30851, -0.45387
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chestnut Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse located in Lower Dean on Tilbrook Road. The building features a timber frame that is covered with colour washed rough cast and is topped with a thatched roof. It has three bays and consists of one storey with attics. A red brick ridge stack is present, and there is a back entrance aligned with the chimney. The front elevation includes a 20th-century casement window, a 19th-century sash window with glazing bars, and a 20th-century front door.
Local climate
Chestnut Farmhouse 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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