Baptist Free Church is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Church. 8 related planning applications.
Baptist Free Church
- WRENN ID
- fading-pediment-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Baptist Free Church, Bolnhurst and Keysoe, MK44 2JB
- OS grid reference
- TL 084 612
- Coordinates
- 52.23856, -0.41323
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Free Church is a former barn from the late 18th century that was licensed as a chapel in 1808. It features a timber frame set on a brick plinth, with the east elevation rendered and colour washed. The rest of the building is encased in yellow brick from the later 19th century. The roof is half-hipped and thatched. The structure consists of three bays, with the southern bay being a later extension. The east elevation has three sash windows, while the west elevation includes a central door and two 2-light casements. There is also a lower one-storey addition on the north gable end, made of yellow brick with a slate roof and a red brick integral gable end stack.
Local climate
Baptist Free Church 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 1995
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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