The Wheatsheaf is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1986. Public house. 3 related planning applications.
The Wheatsheaf
- WRENN ID
- quiet-basalt-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1986
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Wheatsheaf, 42, Church Street (Church End), Tempsford, SG19 2AN
- OS grid reference
- TL 162 530
- Coordinates
- 52.16369, -0.30176
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wheatsheaf is a public house located on Church Street in Tempsford, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The building features colourwashed roughcast render, which appears to include some timber framing, and has clay tile roofs, with the right-hand part having a slightly steeper pitch.
The front block is divided into two sections: the left-hand part has a three-window range, while the earlier right-hand part has a two-window range with a lower eaves level. The building is two storeys high with attics. The left part has a central doorway with a six-panel door, topped by a flat hood supported by cut brackets. To the right, there is a canted bay window with sash windows that have glazing bars. Other windows on the ground and first floors are two-light casements with top lights, all featuring glazing bars. The attic includes two hipped dormers with two-light casements. The right part has two-light casements with top lights and glazing bars as well. A coved plaster eaves cornice is present only on the right part. At the junction of the two blocks, there is a red brick multiple ridge stack. The rear of the building has various additions that project outward.
Local climate
The Wheatsheaf 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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 0.4°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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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