The Carpenters Arms is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1985. Pub and shop.
The Carpenters Arms
- WRENN ID
- twisted-postern-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1985
- Type
- Pub and shop
- Address
- The Carpenters Arms, Sundon Road, Harlington
- OS grid reference
- TL 036 304
- Coordinates
- 51.96263, -0.49231
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Carpenters Arms is a row of cottages dating from around 1700, with alterations made in the 19th century. The left-hand part serves as a public house, while the right-hand part has been converted into a shop. The building features a timber frame, with the left side encased in colourwashed brick and the right side finished with colourwashed render and applied timber framing. It has a clay tile roof and a four-room plan, consisting of one storey and attics, with various additions at the rear.
On the ground floor, there are two-light horizontal sash windows with glazing bars, a canted bay window, a 20th-century bow window with glazing bars, and a 20th-century shop window with glazing bars. The attic includes four gabled dormers, each with two-light casements that also have glazing bars. The entrance features one plank door and two glazed doors, while a tall red brick multiple ridge stack is located at the center of the building.
Local climate
The Carpenters Arms 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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