Pictshill House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Pictshill House
- WRENN ID
- solemn-vestry-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Pictshill House, Bedford Road, Turvey, MK43 8BS
- OS grid reference
- SP 966 521
- Coordinates
- 52.15922, -0.58868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pictshill House is a mid-19th century house constructed from coursed limestone rubble, topped with a Welsh slate roof. The main block on the western side features three window bays and has a hipped roof with an eaves cornice. There is a gabled wing at the eastern end of the building. The house is two storeys tall. On the south elevation, the first floor has three sash windows with glazing bars; the outer windows have three lights, while the right-hand window has a lower cill level. The ground floor includes two sash windows with glazing bars that flank double doors featuring arched glazing and lozenge-patterned cast iron side lights, topped with an arched head. Above the doorway, there is an arched canopy supported by wrought iron columns.
Local climate
Pictshill 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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