Bakehouse Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1981. Cottage.
Bakehouse Cottages
- WRENN ID
- scarred-mullion-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Warwickshire
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth MP: Rachel Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Bakehouse Cottages, 53 and 55, Coleshill Road, Bentley
- OS grid reference
- SP 285 960
- Coordinates
- 52.56147, -1.58034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bakehouse Cottages are two cottages located on Bentley Coleshill Road, dating from the 17th century with later alterations. The left cottage, No. 53, is constructed of sandstone rubble, although the front features various bricks and timber framing at the right corner. It has a thatched roof. The right cottage, No. 55, is made of sandstone rubble with a felt roof and has a large brick ridge stack. Both cottages have a one-unit plan with an outshut to the rear and are one storey with an attic. No. 53 has a ground-floor window consisting of two fixed lights with glazing bars and shutter hooks, while both cottages have plank doors. No. 55 features two eyebrow dormers and 2-light casements with horizontal glazing bars. The interiors of both cottages include chamfered beams and open fireplaces.
Local climate
Bakehouse Cottages receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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