Brook End Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. A C17 Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Brook End Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- low-basalt-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Brook End Farmhouse, Riseley Road, Bolnhurst and Keysoe, MK44 2HS
- OS grid reference
- TL 075 631
- Coordinates
- 52.25617, -0.42637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brook End Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse that features a timber frame, with some areas rough cast and others filled with brick, all of which is color washed. The roof is made of clay tiles and has an old T-plan layout. The main block has two storeys and attics, while the rear wing is one storey with attics.
On the northwest elevation, there is a 19th-century gabled porch with ridge cresting located to the left of center. The ground floor has three 2-light horizontal sash windows with glazing bars, and the first floor has three 3-light horizontal sashes set in moulded frames with leaded lights. There are also three gabled dormers featuring 2-light leaded casements. Additionally, there are single-storey lean-to extensions on both gable ends. The farmhouse has one red brick ridge stack and one red brick external stack on the southwest gable end. The rear wing retains some horizontal sash windows as well.
Local climate
Brook End 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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