The Clock House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. A C18 House. 7 related planning applications.
The Clock House
- WRENN ID
- veiled-gravel-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Clock House, West End Road, Kempston Rural, MK43 8RT
- OS grid reference
- TL 006 490
- Coordinates
- 52.13079, -0.53112
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clock House is an early 18th century house, with a datestone indicating 1723. It was extended and altered in the late 19th century. The house is constructed of red brick with a double-pitched roof of old clay tiles. It is two storeys high with attics, and features two hipped dormers with tile-hung cheeks and a modillion eaves cornice. A central projecting section is topped by a pediment. The first floor has a 2:1:2 arrangement of 19th century sash windows. The ground floor was built out, and a heavy porch was added in 1884. A single-storey 19th century extension has been added to the east gable end.
Local climate
The Clock House 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 95% 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 54% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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