Gates House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1951. House. 2 related planning applications.

Gates House

WRENN ID
nether-threshold-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 July 1951
Type
House
Address
Gates House, 28, Church Street, Ampthill, MK45 2EH
OS grid reference
TL 036 381
Coordinates
52.0325, -0.49113
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gates House is a late 18th-century building of two storeys, situated on the north side of Church Street. The structure is built of red brick and features a hipped slate roof with a cornice. Three sash windows with glazing bars are set in reveals, each with a flat arch above. An intricate Adam-style fanlight is above the six-panel door, which is set within a round-headed alcove with panelled reveals. The door and alcove are enclosed by a carved wooden frame, incorporating reeded pilasters leading up to a shallow, projecting hood cornice. The building is part of a group value context with numbers 12 to 32 (even) on Church Street. NMR and the Victoria County History (page 268) provide further information.

Local climate

Gates House 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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  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • 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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