Gatehouse to Manor Farm is a Grade II* listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1952. A C15 Gatehouse. 1 related planning application.

Gatehouse to Manor Farm

WRENN ID
lunar-bastion-weasel
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1952
Type
Gatehouse
Address
Gatehouse to Manor Farm, Stanbridge Road, Tilsworth, LU7 9PS
OS grid reference
SP 976 242
Coordinates
51.90781, -0.58238
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gatehouse to Manor Farm, dating from the 15th century, is constructed from coursed rubble with ashlar quoins. It stands two storeys high and features a hipped roof made of old clay tiles. The first floor is adorned with small windows that have trefoil heads and hood moulds.

Local climate

Gatehouse to Manor Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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