The Lodge to Bedford College is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. A 19th century Lodge. 2 related planning applications.

The Lodge to Bedford College

WRENN ID
sharp-quartz-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1987
Type
Lodge
Address
The Lodge to Bedford College, York Bridge Nw1, City of Westminster, NW1 4NS
OS grid reference
TQ 281 823
Coordinates
51.52525, -0.1541
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lodge to Bedford College is a lodge built around 1827, originally serving the now-demolished South Villa, and is attributed to the architect Decimus Burton. The building is constructed of stucco and features a slate roof with a hexagonal plan and a single storey. It has an entrance porch supported by Doric pillars, a cornice, and a blocking course, along with a doorway topped by a pediment on flat consoles. The windows are recessed glazing bar sashes. A crowning cornice is adorned with lion's head gargoyles, and the roof slopes down to a central hexagonal stuccoed chimney stack.

Local climate

The Lodge to Bedford College sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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