The Old Sun Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1972. Inn. 3 related planning applications.

The Old Sun Inn

WRENN ID
deep-postern-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1972
Type
Inn
Address
The Old Sun Inn, 87, Dunstable Street, Ampthill, MK45 2NQ
OS grid reference
TL 034 378
Coordinates
52.02986, -0.49393
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Sun Inn, located at 87 Dunstable Street, dates from around 1800. This two-storey building is constructed of red brick, which has been whitewashed, and features a slate roof. The ground floor has three windows with three-light sash designs, while the first floor has sashed casements. The entrance consists of a plain four-panel door set beneath an elliptical arch, and there is a segmental arched dummy window on the first floor.

Local climate

The Old Sun Inn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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