Broom Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1952. Country house. 1 related planning application.
Broom Hall
- WRENN ID
- plain-footing-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1952
- Type
- Country house
- Address
- Broom Hall, Southill, SG18 9ND
- OS grid reference
- TL 173 429
- Coordinates
- 52.07245, -0.28964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Broom Hall is a small country house dating from the mid-18th century, with a southern front rebuilt in the later 18th century and 19th-century additions and alterations. It is constructed of red brick with slate roofs. The main block is three storeys high, with a three-storey block to the rear, a two-storey addition to the northeast, and a single-storey block to the northwest.
The five-bay south elevation of the main block features a slight projection of the central bay. The central windows are tripartite sashes, with the first-floor window apparently masking an original round-headed opening. The outer windows are sashes with glazing bars, all set within gauged brick heads. A semi-circular Doric porch has fluted pilasters and columns, and radiating plasterwork decoration to the ceiling. A six-panel door is flanked by sidelights with almond-shaped glazing bars, above a semicircular fanlight with radiating glazing bars. The elevation is finished with a plain parapet and stone dressings. Multiple stacks are visible on the side elevations.
The northwest block includes a wing in a "Gothick" style, visible on the north elevation. This section is of chequered brick and features a stone-dressed embattled parapet. Two tripartite sash windows with ogee heads and interlacing glazing bars flank a single sash window in a similar style. This single sash replaces a glazed door. The surrounds and finials of the left-hand window are of stone, while those of the right-hand window are of wood.
The interior has been extensively reworked in the 19th century.
Local climate
Broom Hall 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 60 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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