Monks Pool is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1952. House. 4 related planning applications.

Monks Pool

WRENN ID
fallen-groin-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1952
Type
House
Address
Monks Pool, Rectory Road, Meppershall, SG17 5NB
OS grid reference
TL 137 361
Coordinates
52.01247, -0.34392
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Monks Pool is a house that was formerly the rectory, built in the late 18th century with 19th-century additions and alterations. It is situated on a moated site, replacing an earlier building. The house is constructed of red brick and features clay tile roofs. It has a double pile plan with a two-span roof, standing two storeys high with attics. There are later outbuildings at the rear, which are one storey and one storey with attics.

The southeast elevation has a four-window range with flush sash windows that include glazing bars; the ground floor windows have gauged brick flat heads. A modillion cornice runs along the eaves, and there is a red brick ridge stack at the center, along with a red brick external stack on the right-hand gable end. The southwest elevation has sash windows that are placed irregularly. The front door has six moulded panels and is topped by a semicircular fanlight with radiating glazing bars. This door is set within a panelled round-arched reveal and is flanked by pilasters that support an open pediment.

Inside, the interior is rather plain, featuring two simple fireplaces and some panelled doors and reveals.

Local climate

Monks Pool 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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