Houghton Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1952. Hall. 1 related planning application.
Houghton Hall
- WRENN ID
- fossil-niche-peregrine
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1952
- Type
- Hall
- Address
- Houghton Hall, the Green, Houghton Regis, LU5 5DY
- OS grid reference
- TL 021 236
- Coordinates
- 51.90244, -0.51596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Houghton Hall is a late 17th century building constructed of red brick. It has two storeys and attics, topped with a hipped Welsh slate roof featuring gabled dormers. The entrance front is characterized by five sash windows with glazing bars and a modillion eaves cornice. A 19th century canopied doorway is supported by Doric columns. The interior boasts fine bolection moulded panelling, which is largely original.
Local climate
Houghton Hall 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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