Abbey Square is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Residential. 7 related planning applications.
Abbey Square
- WRENN ID
- calm-jade-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Abbey Square, 10, High Street, Turvey, MK43 8DJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 944 524
- Coordinates
- 52.16229, -0.61991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-19th century estate cottage, built alongside other cottages in Abbey Square. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with gable end chimney stacks of red brick. The roof is covered with old clay tiles. The house has a two-bay plan and two storeys. The south-facing elevation features a central gable with bargeboards. The upper floor has two two-light casement windows with glazing bars. Below, two similar windows flank a central doorway, which has a pedimented doorhood supported by two slender timber piers.
Local climate
Abbey Square sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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