Pear Tree Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. A C18 Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Pear Tree Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- stony-tower-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Pear Tree Farmhouse, High Street, Swineshead, MK44 2AA
- OS grid reference
- TL 059 657
- Coordinates
- 52.27997, -0.44821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pear Tree Farmhouse is an early 18th-century farmhouse with a T-plan layout. It features colour washed rough cast over a timber frame, with a colour washed brick west gable and a rear extension. The roof is made of old clay tiles. The building has red brick gable end stacks, with the west stack being exterior and the east stack integral. It stands two storeys high and has a symmetrical facade. The central front door, which is accessed by three steps, is a six-panel door with the top pair being glazed. There are two ground floor windows and five first floor windows, all of which are two-light horizontal sashes with glazing bars.
Local climate
Pear Tree 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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