South One of A Pair of Lodges at North West Entrance to Henlow Park is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Lodge. 7 related planning applications.

South One of A Pair of Lodges at North West Entrance to Henlow Park

WRENN ID
ghost-marble-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1985
Type
Lodge
Address
South One of A Pair of Lodges at North West Entrance to Henlow Park, 20, Church Road, SG16 6AN
OS grid reference
TL 178 386
Coordinates
52.03419, -0.28348
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is one of a pair of entrance lodges situated at the northwest entrance to Henlow Park, dating to the later 18th century with a 19th-century extension. The lodge is constructed of red brick with a hipped clay tile roof. Originally a small, square two-story building, it was extended by one bay to the south. A colourwashed rendered string course runs along the first-floor level of all elevations, and a wood modillion cornice runs along the eaves. The west and east elevations feature central semi-circular recessed panels in the original block, each containing a window on both floors; the ground-floor window has a flat gauged brick head. The east elevation retains a sash window with glazing bars on the ground floor. Other windows are 20th-century casements set in original openings. The 19th-century extension replicates the style but lacks the recessed panels and retains only one original sash window. A brick gate pier projects from the centre of the north elevation, with stone coping aligned with the first-floor string course, topped by a ball finial. To the left of the gate pier is a front door with four fielded panels, set within a doorway with a gauged brick flat head. A red brick central ridge stack is present. A 20th-century single-story addition stands to the south.

Local climate

South One of A Pair of Lodges at North West Entrance to Henlow Park 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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