Bell Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. Farmhouse.
Bell Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- iron-balcony-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Bell Farmhouse, Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden
- OS grid reference
- TL 127 557
- Coordinates
- 52.18847, -0.35224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bell Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century, with probable extensions from the 18th century. It features a colour washed rough cast exterior over a timber frame and has an old clay tile roof. The building is L-shaped, with the eastern wing having two storeys and attics, while the western wing is one storey with attics.
On the northern elevation, the projecting gable includes two 2-light casements on the ground floor, a single-light casement and a 2-light horizontal sash on the first floor, and a 2-light casement in the attic. The western wing has three 3-light casements on the ground floor. There are four hipped dormers with 2-light casements in the attic, and a part-glazed panelled door is located under a flat-hooded open porch.
The western wing has a red brick ridge stack that shows alterations, indicating that the house was extended westwards during the 18th century. There is also a red brick stack at the western gable end. Additionally, there are single-storey tiled additions to both the western and eastern sides of the building.
Local climate
Bell 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 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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