Village Lock Up is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1985. A C20 Lock-up.
Village Lock Up
- WRENN ID
- final-flagstone-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1985
- Type
- Lock-up
- Address
- Village Lock Up, Church Road, Silsoe, MK45 4EH
- OS grid reference
- TL 081 355
- Coordinates
- 52.00829, -0.42567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The village lock-up, dating from 1796 as noted on a 20th-century plaque on the door, is constructed of coursed ironstone and features a cement-rendered exterior over a tiled roof. It has an octagonal plan topped with a conical roof. The east elevation includes a pointed arched doorway, which is fitted with a pointed arched oak door that has strap hinges and studs.
Local climate
Village Lock Up 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 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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