Oakley Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. A C19 Public house. 5 related planning applications.
Oakley Arms Public House
- WRENN ID
- distant-doorway-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Oakley Arms Public House, High Street, Harrold, MK43 7BH
- OS grid reference
- SP 949 568
- Coordinates
- 52.20209, -0.61223
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Oakley Arms Public House is a 19th-century building located on the north side of Harrold High Street. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features a Welsh slate roof. The building stands two storeys high and has three sash windows with glazing bars on the first floor. The ground floor includes two sash windows with glazing bars to the left of a central glazed door, a right-hand canted bay, and another glazed door. To the right of the main structure is a later brick wing that is set back at right angles, topped with a hipped Welsh slate roof. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Oakley Arms Public House 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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