Church Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1966. House.

Church Farmhouse

WRENN ID
gentle-newel-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 October 1966
Type
House
Address
Church Farmhouse, Church Street, Tempsford
OS grid reference
TL 162 529
Coordinates
52.16254, -0.30196
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Farmhouse is a house that has now been divided into two properties. It dates back to the 16th century, with alterations made from the 17th to the 19th centuries. The building has a substantial timber-framed structure, with the front faced in brick and most of it covered in colourwashed render. It features clay tile roofs and is designed in an H-plan, with two-storey cross-wings and a central block that is one storey with attics, which was likely originally an open hall. The left-hand block, known as No. 28, is a later addition and is also two storeys high.

The house has a variety of casement windows with glazing bars, some of which have wooden mullions and transoms, and these come in configurations of two, three, and four lights. There is a panelled door located in the cross-passage, which is sheltered by a gabled open porch. The gables have wavy-edged bargeboards. A plaque at the apex of the right-hand gable is dated 1775, likely marking one of the periods of reworking. Substantial brick chimney stacks project from the side elevations of the cross-wings, while the central block has a chimney stack on the rear elevation, with a base made of coursed ironstone and a shaft that was rebuilt in 19th-century brick.

Local climate

Church 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 98% 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 53% 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 0.4°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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