The Holt is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. House, hotel.
The Holt
- WRENN ID
- empty-chancel-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- House, hotel
- Address
- The Holt, the Square, Aspley Guise
- OS grid reference
- SP 942 359
- Coordinates
- 52.01357, -0.62831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Holt is a house that has been converted into a hotel. Originally known as Moore Place, it was built around 1786 by Francis Moore and underwent alterations and extensions in the 19th century. The building is constructed of red brick laid in header bond, with most bricks being vitrified and featuring red brick dressings. It has a two-span slate roof and a three-storey double-pile plan with a three-window facade. The ground floor and the center of the first floor have Venetian windows, while the center of the second floor features a Diocletian window. The other windows are square-headed sashes with glazing bars, all set under gauged brick heads. A central 19th-century porch, distyle in antis, has a heavy moulded entablature and a panelled door topped by a semi-circular fanlight with radiating glazing bars, flanked by side-lights. The eaves are adorned with a modillion cornice, and there are multiple external chimney stacks on both side elevations. To the right, there is a 19th-century lower block that is designed in a similar style.
Local climate
The Holt sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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