Firstlodge Farmhouse, Approximately 800 Metres North of Chicksands Priory is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1985. House. 1 related planning application.

Firstlodge Farmhouse, Approximately 800 Metres North of Chicksands Priory

WRENN ID
over-rotunda-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1985
Type
House
Address
Firstlodge Farmhouse, Approximately 800 Metres North of Chicksands Priory, SG17 5QB
OS grid reference
TL 122 400
Coordinates
52.04786, -0.36463
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Firstlodge Farmhouse is a house located approximately 800 metres north of Chicksands Priory. It dates from the 17th century or earlier, with some reworking in the 19th century. The building features some timber framing with red brick infill, partly roughcast, and has undergone rebuilding and extensions in red brick. The roofs are covered with clay tiles. Originally, the house was in an L-plan configuration, with additional blocks added to the south, east, and north.

The farmhouse is two storeys high. On the south elevation, the left-hand gable and the central gabled porch display exposed timber framing on the first floor, while the ground floor has been rebuilt in brick. The right-hand gable is from the 19th century. The outer gables have three-light casement windows, one on each floor, and the porch features a two-light casement window on the first floor, all with glazing bars. The entrance includes a 20th-century replacement panel door with sidelights and a rectangular fanlight. A red brick multiple ridge stack is located on the left-hand gable. The other elevations show a variety of windows, mostly casements with glazing bars. Attached to the rear of the house is a small outbuilding constructed from re-used ironstone and limestone blocks, topped with a pantiled roof.

Local climate

Firstlodge Farmhouse, Approximately 800 Metres North of Chicksands Priory 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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