Portobello Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1986. House. 1 related planning application.

Portobello Farmhouse

WRENN ID
vast-remnant-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1986
Type
House
Address
Portobello Farmhouse, Biggleswade Road, Sutton, SG19 2NA
OS grid reference
TL 209 473
Coordinates
52.11108, -0.2357
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Portobello Farmhouse is a house that underwent reworking in the 18th century, built around an earlier structure. It features red brick that encases and extends a timber-framed core, with some parts of the ground floor made of coursed sandstone rubble. The rear elevation has colourwashed render on part of the first floor, and the roof is covered with clay tiles.

The farmhouse has a four-window range, is two storeys tall with attics, and on the east elevation, the ground floor has three windows while the first floor has four windows. All windows are sashes with moulded flush frames and glazing bars. The attic features four gabled dormers with two-light casements. The central doorway has a 20th-century glazed door topped by a rectangular fanlight, which is sheltered by a 19th-century canopied trelliswork hood, the upper section of the original porch. There is a brick band at the first floor level and two red brick multiple ridge stacks that were rebuilt in the 19th century. The rear elevation has lean-to additions, one storey high and one storey with attics, featuring a variety of casement windows and doors.

Local climate

Portobello Farmhouse 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 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 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 0.3°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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