Little Park Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1972. Farmhouse. 9 related planning applications.
Little Park Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- weathered-bronze-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1972
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Little Park Farmhouse, Station Road, Ampthill, MK45 2RE
- OS grid reference
- TL 023 374
- Coordinates
- 52.02645, -0.50967
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Park Farmhouse is an early 17th-century farmhouse, significantly restored and altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is two storeys high. The farmhouse is constructed of red brick, which has been extensively restored but retains areas of English bond mixed with header courses. Faint traces of a diaper pattern using blue bricks are also visible in some sections.
The south-west side of the building displays twin gables, a moulded stone pointed arch, and a lead rainwater head below the valley formed by the gables. The rainwater head is inscribed with the initials 'WRA' and the date '1629'. The windows on this side are later additions, with earlier, larger windows discernible through bricked-up areas.
The south-east side features windows within a section that was completely restored in the late 18th century. The north-east side has a projecting gable end which retains original brickwork and further traces of the diaper design, although the sash windows are later replacements.
Local climate
Little Park 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- 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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