Portobello Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1985. House. 1 related planning application.

Portobello Farmhouse

WRENN ID
winding-glass-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 May 1985
Type
House
Address
Portobello Farmhouse, Pulloxhill, MK45 5HJ
OS grid reference
TL 055 326
Coordinates
51.98211, -0.46456
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Portobello Farmhouse is a house dating from the late 17th century, with a significant extension added in the late 19th century. It is constructed of red brick, with the original section built in English bond and featuring many vitrified bricks. The roofs are covered with clay tiles. The earlier part of the house has a three-room plan and consists of two storeys and attics. The late 19th-century extension is a two-storey block located at the northern end of the east elevation.

The west (front) elevation showcases a variety of casement windows, some of which have leaded lights. There are two windows on the ground floor, four on the first floor, and one in the attic. The attic window is set in a gabled dormer that protrudes above the eaves line. A 20th-century plank door is located beneath a simple gabled hood supported by brackets. A red brick multiple ridge stack serves two rooms on the right-hand side. Projecting from the left-hand bay is a shallow single-storey gabled block, built with similar brickwork to the main structure. There is also a late 19th-century single-storey lean-to that aligns with the ridge stack. Adjacent to the right gable end is a row of single-storey outbuildings from the 18th century, constructed of red brick and topped with clay tile roofs.

Local climate

Portobello Farmhouse 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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