Hartwell Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1987. Almshouses. 3 related planning applications.
Hartwell Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- keen-brick-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1987
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Hartwell Almshouses, 35, 37 and 39, High Street, Cranfield, MK43 0DP
- OS grid reference
- SP 952 419
- Coordinates
- 52.06752, -0.61164
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of three almshouses is located on Cranfield High Street. The almshouses were founded in 1734 by will of Richard Hartwell, and rebuilt in 1834. They are constructed of yellow gault brick, with a thatched roof. The building is single-storeyed and features a symmetrical front elevation. Three thatched gabled porches front the property, each with a four-centred arched door and a moulded label above. Between each porch are two two-light windows, also with four-centred arched heads and diamond leading, each topped with a moulded label of painted timber. Two double-ridge stacks are present, each with pairs of moulded octagonal shafts linked at the caps.
Local climate
Hartwell Almshouses sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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