The Willows is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. A C17 House. 5 related planning applications.
The Willows
- WRENN ID
- watchful-rubblework-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Willows, Luton Road, Chalton, LU4 9UF
- OS grid reference
- TL 030 264
- Coordinates
- 51.92659, -0.50251
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willows is a 17th-century building located on the west side of Luton Road in Chalton. It features a timber-framed structure with whitewashed brick nogging on the first floor and a whitewashed brick ground floor. The building stands two storeys high and has a thatched roof. The south and west elevations were rebuilt in the mid-19th century using red brick, with yellow brick cambered relieving arches above the windows. The windows include modern casements and Yorkshire casements.
Local climate
The Willows 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2001
- 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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