The Lock Up is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. Lock up.

The Lock Up

WRENN ID
dusted-window-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 May 1952
Type
Lock up
Address
The Lock Up, the Green, Harrold
OS grid reference
SP 951 567
Coordinates
52.20075, -0.60985
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lock Up is an early 19th-century lock up located in Harrold. It is a small circular building constructed of coursed limestone rubble. The building features a steep conical stone roof topped with a moulded ball finial. The entrance has a door with a timber lintel.

Local climate

The Lock Up 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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