4 is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1968. Cottage.

4

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1968
Type
Cottage
Address
4, Bedstone
OS grid reference
SO 368 756
Coordinates
52.37534, -2.92956
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a cottage located in Bedstone, dating from the mid-17th century, with later additions and alterations. It features a timber frame that is rendered at the front and sits on a rubblestone plinth, topped with a machine tile roof. The cottage is one storey with an attic and consists of three framed bays. The front has 20th-century windows, including an early 20th-century French window on the right and a late 20th-century Gothic-style French window that projects slightly to the left, serving as the entrance. There are three gabled eaves dormers from the 20th century. The left side has an internal brown brick end stack, while the right side has an external rubblestone end stack with a brown brick shaft. The framing is exposed on the back wall, showcasing square panels that extend from the cill to the wall-plate. To the right of the center, there is a late 19th-century gabled open timber porch over a four-panel door, with the top panels now glazed. To the left, there is a lower rubblestone addition, likely from the 18th century, which is timber framed directly below the eaves at the rear, along with a single-storey rubblestone range that projects at right angles to the front. The interior has not been inspected but is expected to be of interest.

Local climate

4 receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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