Gostelow House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1952. A C16 or early C17 House.
Gostelow House
- WRENN ID
- ghost-tracery-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Gostelow House, Luton Road, Chalton
- OS grid reference
- TL 031 265
- Coordinates
- 51.92829, -0.50084
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gostelow House, formerly known as Old Farm Farmhouse, dates from the 16th century or early 17th century. It is a timber-framed building with whitewashed brick nogging, designed in an H-plan. The house has two storeys and features an old clay tile roof. The windows consist of modern leaded casements arranged in a 1:2:1 pattern. A modern porch has also been added to the building.
Local climate
Gostelow House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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