Common Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Common Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- vacant-merlon-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Common Farmhouse, Luton Road, Chalton, LU4 9UH
- OS grid reference
- TL 031 267
- Coordinates
- 51.92996, -0.5009
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Common Farmhouse is a building dating from the 16th or early 17th century, which was later refaced in the 18th century. It is constructed of red and vitrified brick with an old clay tile roof. The house has two storeys. There are three leaded casement windows, and three Yorkshire casement windows on the ground floor. Timber framing is visible on the left-hand elevation.
Local climate
Common Farmhouse 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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