Pegsdon Barns is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1961. House.
Pegsdon Barns
- WRENN ID
- kindled-copper-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- Pegsdon Barns, Shillington
- OS grid reference
- TL 118 303
- Coordinates
- 51.96063, -0.37347
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pegsdon Barns is a house that dates back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. Originally, it was timber framed, and some of the close-studding is still visible on the east elevation, with brick infill. Large sections have been recased or rebuilt in 18th-century red brick, featuring some flared bricks, while there are late 19th-century extensions in yellow brick. The roofs are covered with clay tiles.
The building has an H-plan layout, with a central block that is one storey high with attics, and cross-wings that are two storeys tall. Both cross-wings were extended northwards in the late 19th century. On the south elevation, the ground floor features three 19th-century canted bay windows with yellow brick plinths and hipped roofs. The central block has a gabled dormer with a three-light window, and each cross-wing has a three-light window on the first floor. Most windows have leaded casements, with some dating from the 20th century.
At the junction of the main block and the right-hand cross-wing, there is a plank door with sidelights, sheltered by a gabled open porch. The central block has multiple ridge stacks located off-centre, while each cross-wing also features multiple ridge stacks. The right-hand cross-wing has two additional external stacks on its side wall.
Local climate
Pegsdon Barns 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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