Bunyan Meeting and School is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1971. Meeting house. 8 related planning applications.
Bunyan Meeting and School
- WRENN ID
- first-step-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1971
- Type
- Meeting house
- Address
- Bunyan Meeting and School, Mill Street, MK40 3EU
- OS grid reference
- TL 052 498
- Coordinates
- 52.13663, -0.46387
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bunyan Meeting and School, located at 831 Mill Street, was built in 1849 by Wing and Jackson. This building features a design that is very interesting for its time, resembling the early 18th century style of architect Vanbrugh, and is notable as one of the first revivals of this style. The structure is made of red brick with stone dressings and brick pilasters. It has a pedimented front with a porch that was added in 1876, which includes bronze doors depicting scenes from "Pilgrim's Progress" by the well-known Victorian sculptor Frederick Thrupp. Inside, there is a fine original galleried and panelled interior. Additionally, there is a school addition at the back, built in a similar style in 1866.
Local climate
Bunyan Meeting and School 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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