The Wheatsheaf Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Wheatsheaf Public House
- WRENN ID
- vacant-ledge-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Wheatsheaf Public House, Wilden Road, Colmworth, MK44 2NJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 100 574
- Coordinates
- 52.20404, -0.39091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wheatsheaf Public House is a 17th-century building constructed from colour washed brick and rough cast over a timber frame. It has a roof that is partly covered with clay tiles and partly with concrete tiles. The building features a five-room plan, is one storey high with attics, and has 20th-century extensions added to the west gable end and projecting from the rear.
On the south elevation, there are two 2-light horizontal sash windows with glazing bars and various 20th-century casement windows on the ground floor. The roof includes two gabled dormers and one box dormer; the gabled dormers have casements, while the box dormer has a 2-light horizontal sash window with glazing bars. A 20th-century gabled porch is also present. The building has a red brick double ridge stack, and the roof is half-hipped facing the road.
Local climate
The Wheatsheaf Public 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 97% 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, fewer than 52% 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
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- 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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