The Gables is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
The Gables
- WRENN ID
- last-pinnacle-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Gables, Gaddesden Turn, Billington, LU7 9BW
- OS grid reference
- SP 940 229
- Coordinates
- 51.89702, -0.63405
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gables is a 17th-century building that has been altered over time. It features whitewashed brick, with the first floor partly constructed in timber framing. The building is two storeys high and has an old clay tile roof. It also includes casement windows.
Local climate
The Gables 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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