Herring's Green Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. Farmhouse.

Herring's Green Farmhouse

WRENN ID
tilted-casement-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 May 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Herring's Green Farmhouse, Cotton End Road
OS grid reference
TL 086 445
Coordinates
52.08843, -0.41612
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Herring's Green Farmhouse is a house that was rebuilt in 1785-1786 for Samuel Whitbread, replacing an earlier structure. It is constructed of red brick, rendered at the basement level, and features a clay tile roof. The building has a double-pile plan with two storeys and attics, and it showcases a two-span roof with Dutch gables, which is an unusual feature for Bedfordshire.

The southeast elevation has a symmetrical facade with four flush sash windows, each with glazing bars, located on the ground and first floors, all topped with flat arches. There is a central 20th-century oculus on the first floor and two gabled dormers with casement windows featuring glazing bars in the attic. The central doorway is flanked by a flight of brick steps with stone dressings and a ball finial, both of which are 20th-century replacements. The door itself is a six-panel design with a rectangular fanlight, surrounded by plain pilasters and an open pediment, replacing an earlier porch that had an open pediment supported by slender columns.

A wood modillion cornice is a 20th-century replacement for the original parapet, which had a central pediment. The house has two red brick integral stacks at each gable end. The southwest gable end features a circular plaque that reads: "S.W, 1785, restored S.W. 1961-2, restored S.C.W. 1973-4."

Local climate

Herring's Green 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 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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