Northill Grange is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1952. House.

Northill Grange

WRENN ID
quartered-spire-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1952
Type
House
Address
Northill Grange, 1, Ickwell Road
OS grid reference
TL 149 465
Coordinates
52.10568, -0.3228
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Northill Grange is a house with origins in the 17th century, which was reworked in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of red brick and has a slate roof. The building features a double pile plan with a two-span roof and stands two storeys high with attics. The front elevation is symmetrical, showcasing a brick band at the first floor level and a moulded wood cornice.

On the ground floor, there are four sash windows with moulded surrounds and glazing bars, all set beneath gauged brick flat arches. The first floor has five sash windows, also with moulded surrounds and glazing bars. The first window is under a gauged brick flat arch, while the third and fifth windows are under 19th-century cambered heads, and the second and fourth are 20th-century insertions. The attic features three box dormers with two-light casements that include glazing bars.

The central front door has a moulded surround and is topped by a large segmental hood supported by foliated scroll brackets. The door itself is a four-panel design with a rectangular fanlight above. There are integral red brick stacks at both gable ends. Inside, the house boasts a late 17th-century staircase with a moulded handrail and twisted balusters, and the entrance hall retains moulded pine panelling.

Local climate

Northill Grange sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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