Western Lodge of Pair Called Brabury Lodges is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1985. Lodge.
Western Lodge of Pair Called Brabury Lodges
- WRENN ID
- tangled-crypt-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1985
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- Western Lodge of Pair Called Brabury Lodges, Silsoe
- OS grid reference
- TL 095 365
- Coordinates
- 52.01621, -0.40468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Western Lodge of the pair known as Brabury Lodges is an entrance lodge and adjoining screen wall located on the northeast side of Wrest Park. It was built in 1816 by Thomas Philip, the 2nd Earl de Grey. The lodge is constructed of yellow brick and has a square-based domed roof, from which the lead has been removed, exposing the timber structure beneath. The building has a small square plan, is one storey high with attics, and features rusticated quoins, a moulded band at the first floor level, and a moulded eaves cornice that is now partially collapsed.
Each side of the lodge has a slightly projecting central panel, which includes a small segmental-headed window in the attic and a ground floor opening with heavy keystones, the central one made of ashlar. The ground floor openings consist of part-glazed double doors on the east elevation and casement windows with glazing bars on the other sides. Originally, each elevation was topped with a small pediment, but only the one on the east elevation remains. There is an integral brick stack on the west elevation. Additionally, the remains of a screen wall extend westward from the southwest corner of the lodge, which is plain except for slightly projecting piers and a central doorway.
Local climate
Western Lodge of Pair Called Brabury Lodges 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 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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- Former Stable Block immediately east of Wrest Park House
- Former Brewhouse, Link Block, Pump House and Fire Engine House Range in the Service Yard at Wrest Park House
- Wrest Park House and service block comprising pavilions, clock tower and the dairy
- Le Petit Trianon (also known as The Wendy House)
- 2 Roman baths immediately in front of the terrace of Wrest Park House (to East and West)
- Italian Garden Structures including Statue of Ceres, Curb Stones, Entrance Piers, Gatepiers and Gates
- Railings, gates, piers and urns to south side of South Parterre (also known as the French Garden)
- Four Statuary Groups in the South Parterre (also known as the French Garden) south of Wrest House, depicting Aeneas and Anchises, the Abduction of Helen of Troy, Venus and Adonis and Meleager and Atalanta