The Court House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. A C17 Court house. 4 related planning applications.

The Court House

WRENN ID
low-roof-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Court house
Address
The Court House, 188, Castle Hill Road, Totternhoe, LU6 1QQ
OS grid reference
SP 981 218
Coordinates
51.88628, -0.5758
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Court House is a 17th-century building located on Castle Hill Road in Totternhoe. It features a whitewashed brick front with visible timber-framing at the rear. The structure is two storeys high and has a clay tile roof. The front includes two leaded casement windows and a large central chimney stack. The northern section of the building is higher and is constructed with timber-frame and brick nogging, also featuring two leaded casement windows.

Local climate

The Court House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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