Parsonage Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1975. Farmhouse.

Parsonage Farmhouse

WRENN ID
dreaming-chalk-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1975
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Parsonage Farmhouse, High Road, Shillington
OS grid reference
TL 123 337
Coordinates
51.99105, -0.36479
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Parsonage Farmhouse is a house that dates back to the 16th century or earlier, with significant alterations made in the late 19th century. It features a complete red brick outer skin, while some substantial timber framing is exposed internally. The roofs are covered with clay tiles. The building is arranged as a two-storey rectangular block, with slightly lower two-storey wings that project to the northeast and southwest. Throughout the house, there are 19th-century casement windows.

On the eastern elevation, there is a six-panel door, with the top pair being glazed, aligned with a red brick multiple ridge stack. The main block has another ridge stack, the northeast block has a gable end stack, and the southwest block has an external stack on the south side wall. Inside, the largest ridge stack serves a substantial ashlar back-to-back hearth, and there is evidence of a blocked mullioned window. One room features 18th-century panelling.

Local climate

Parsonage 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 87% 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, 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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