Claridge's is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1967. House. 5 related planning applications.
Claridge's
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-cornice-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Claridge's, High Street, Eggington, LU7 9PQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 954 251
- Coordinates
- 51.91635, -0.61341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Claridge's, formerly known as Claridge's Farmhouse, is a 17th-century building located on the north side of Eggington High Street. It is timber framed with red brick nogging and has two storeys topped by an old clay tile roof. The right-hand gable features an oversailing first floor, while the left-hand gable was rebuilt in the 18th century and has a hipped roof. The central block includes two flush sash windows with glazing bars. The left-hand wing has a three-light casement window on the first floor and a sash window on the ground floor, while the right-hand wing has a modern mullioned casement. The entrance is framed by a 19th-century Doric door surround.
Local climate
Claridge's 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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