Former Brewhouse, Link Block, Pump House and Fire Engine House Range in the Service Yard at Wrest Park House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 2012. Former brewhouse. 9 related planning applications.

Former Brewhouse, Link Block, Pump House and Fire Engine House Range in the Service Yard at Wrest Park House

WRENN ID
woven-tower-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 2012
Type
Former brewhouse
Address
Former Brewhouse, Link Block, Pump House and Fire Engine House Range in the Service Yard at Wrest Park House, Silsoe, MK45 4HR
OS grid reference
TL 091 356
Coordinates
52.00811, -0.41064
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former brewhouse, link block, pump house and fire engine house range dates from the 18th century and is located within the service yard of Wrest Park House. The building is constructed of yellow brick with stone dressings and has slate coverings to its mansard and pitched roofs. It has an L-shaped plan and forms a semi-detached element of the service yard.

The exterior features a narrow, single-storey range with an open passage at its west end, providing access from the stable block and its courtyard into the service yard. This section links to a taller range with a mansard roof, now containing dormer windows. This section has a louvered lead-covered cupola and a tall side wall chimney. To the west of this is a narrow, two-storey section with multi-pane sash windows set beneath gauged brick heads on its north wall. Its end wall has two inserted sash windows at ground-floor level and shallow corner pilasters. Against the south wall is a modern, shallow, single-storey lean-to extension, above which are three tall multi-pane sash windows. There are other inserted window openings with metal frames and concrete lintels. The lean-to abuts the west wall of the wider mansard-roofed section, which has full-height double doors on its west wall and a lower, segmental-arched double doorway on its east elevation, facing onto the stable block courtyard.

The interior has been significantly altered with modern finishes and inserted partitions, and is now used for storage and office accommodation. There is no surviving equipment related to the former brewing and pumping functions.

Local climate

Former Brewhouse, Link Block, Pump House and Fire Engine House Range in the Service Yard at Wrest Park 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 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 9 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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  1. Le Petit Trianon (also known as The Wendy House) Grade II 48 m
  2. Former Stable Block immediately east of Wrest Park House Grade II 54 m
  3. Wrest Park House and service block comprising pavilions, clock tower and the dairy Grade I 61 m
  4. Railings, gates, piers and urns to south side of South Parterre (also known as the French Garden) Grade II 100 m
  5. 2 Roman baths immediately in front of the terrace of Wrest Park House (to East and West) Grade II 101 m
  6. Four Statuary Groups in the South Parterre (also known as the French Garden) south of Wrest House, depicting Aeneas and Anchises, the Abduction of Helen of Troy, Venus and Adonis and Meleager and Atalanta Grade II* 106 m
  7. Italian Garden Structures including Statue of Ceres, Curb Stones, Entrance Piers, Gatepiers and Gates Grade II 151 m
  8. Mermaid Basin at west side of South Parterre Grade II 168 m
  9. Walled Garden immediately West of Wrest Park House, including Linking Screen Wall Grade II 287 m
  10. Group of Six Statues 270m South of Wrest Park House Grade II 309 m