Garden Wall to Houghton House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1972. Garden wall.

Garden Wall to Houghton House

WRENN ID
distant-tin-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1972
Type
Garden wall
Address
Garden Wall to Houghton House, Ampthill
OS grid reference
TL 039 389
Coordinates
52.03891, -0.48567
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden wall to Houghton House dates from the 17th century and originally enclosed the walled garden, which measures approximately 70 by 50 yards. It is constructed of brick in English bond. The top of the wall was originally stepped at intervals, with several courses at a time, to follow the slope of the ground. There are traces of taller and thicker piers that marked each step, although later alterations have filled in the triangular spaces formed by each step, resulting in a uniformly sloping ridge that runs parallel to the hill. The garden wall and the lodge piece at Houghton House form a group.

Local climate

Garden Wall to Houghton House 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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