Lynch House is a Grade II* listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1967. House. 1 related planning application.
Lynch House
- WRENN ID
- north-moulding-sorrel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lynch House, Kensworth, LU6 3QZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 044 181
- Coordinates
- 51.85224, -0.4854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lynch House is an 18th-century building constructed of red brick and features two storeys. It has a hipped roof made of old clay tiles, adorned with a modillion cornice. The facade includes a central pediment with a circular lunette in the tympanum and a slight central projection. The arrangement of sash windows is in a 2:3:2 pattern, with flat heads, and the central windows feature keyblocks. There is a Roman Doric porch enhancing the entrance.
Local climate
Lynch 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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