Clifton Manor House Court House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1952. House.

Clifton Manor House Court House

WRENN ID
seventh-arch-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1952
Type
House
OS grid reference
TL 162 394
Coordinates
52.04091, -0.30601
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Clifton Manor House and Court House is a building that has its origins in the 17th century but has been significantly extended and altered in the 19th century. The original structure is timber framed, while the later additions are made of yellow brick. The Manor House, which includes the original part, features colourwashed roughcast render, whereas the Manzie, a 19th-century wing, is entirely constructed of brick. Both sections have clay tile roofs.

The Manor House has a complex U-shaped plan, while the Manzie is an L-shaped block to the north. It is two storeys high. On the south elevation of the Manor House, the original part consists of a central block with small two-storeyed projecting gables at each end. To the left is a large projecting gable from the 19th century, and the right end has also been altered and slightly extended during the 19th century. The building features a variety of windows, including some sash windows on the first floor, and two French windows in the main block, with the right one having a 20th-century porch. There are three red brick ridge stacks, with one substantial off-centre stack.

Inside, the southeast ground floor room boasts a 19th-century carved wood fire-surround supported by atlantes and featuring an ornate mantelshelf in a heavy Rococo style.

Local climate

Clifton Manor House Court 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 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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