The Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1985. House.
The Croft
- WRENN ID
- turning-flue-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Croft, Peakes End, Steppingley
- OS grid reference
- TL 010 352
- Coordinates
- 52.00631, -0.52918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Croft is a house dating from the 17th century, with a 19th-century addition. It features a timber-framed structure with red brick infill set on a coursed ironstone rubble plinth, topped with a thatched roof. The building has a three-room plan and is one storey high with attics. On the ground floor, there are three 3-light casement windows with glazing bars. The attic includes three eyebrow dormers, each with segmental-headed 2-light casement windows, also with glazing bars. A 20th-century panelled door is set within a moulded architrave, and there is a red brick multiple ridge stack aligned with the door. The 19th-century addition on the right-hand end is two storeys high, constructed of red brick and slate, featuring a plank door and casement windows.
Local climate
The Croft 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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