Stables and Cartshed to the Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1996. Stable, cartshed.
Stables and Cartshed to the Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- winter-postern-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1996
- Type
- Stable, cartshed
- Address
- Stables and Cartshed to the Old Vicarage, Chalgrave Road, LU7 9QE
- OS grid reference
- SP 992 268
- Coordinates
- 51.93133, -0.55763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stables and cartshed to the Old Vicarage were built in 1862 by the Luton architect George Halton. This Gothic-style structure is made of red brick, featuring bands of blue brick and polychrome dressings, all under a slate roof. On the right side, there is a pointed metal casement window, while the center has a pointed arched entrance with two doors. To the left, there is a pointed carriage arch with wooden plank doors. The bothy remains intact, complete with original bunks and fittings.
Local climate
Stables and Cartshed to the Old Vicarage 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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