Russett's Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1951. Lodge. 2 related planning applications.

Russett's Lodge

WRENN ID
stark-wicket-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 July 1951
Type
Lodge
Address
Russett's Lodge, Park Hill, Ampthill, MK45 2LW
OS grid reference
TL 030 383
Coordinates
52.0344, -0.4985
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Russett's Lodge is a late 18th century adaptation by Chambers of a small late 17th century building. The lodge has a frontage of barely 20 feet and features a classical design with a regular pedimented facade. It contains a plain six-panel door flanked by severe stone pilasters that support a massive entablature. There is a narrow window on either side of the door, a larger window on either side of the building, and a small semi-circular window in the pediment.

The entire lodge is constructed in header courses, using red brick on the sides and mainly blue and other dark 'seconds' bricks on the front. The pediment is infilled with smooth-faced blue-glazed irregularly-shaped lumps of clay, imitating flint-work. Heavy stone dressings include steps and a plinth below, a narrow band at the base of the windows, long-and-short quoins and window edges, and a stone modillioned cornice.

The classical lodge is directly attached to a similarly shaped 17th century building made of red brick in English bond, which features pronounced coved eaves at a slightly lower level than Chambers' classical cornice. The roof is red tiled throughout. Originally, this must have been a 17th century double cottage, as indicated by the brick flat arch over a side door in the unaltered section, which continues over a bricked-up space for a second door. Additionally, the pitch of the 17th century roof is too steep for the correct angle of the classical pediment, which intentionally departs from the angle of the older tiled roof behind it.

Local climate

Russett's Lodge 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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