Dorchester is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Dorchester
- WRENN ID
- empty-steel-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Dorchester, 6, Bedford Road, Great Barford, MK44 3JD
- OS grid reference
- TL 127 523
- Coordinates
- 52.15806, -0.35361
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century cottage located on Bedford Road in Great Barford. Originally listed as number 8, it is now known as number 6, Dorchester. The exterior is colour-washed rough cast over a timber frame, with a gable end of colour-washed brick. The roof is thatched. The cottage has a three-room plan and one storey with attics. On the front, there are two 2-light horizontal sash windows with glazing bars, one 2-light casement window with glazing bars, and a front door located on the right-hand side. Two dormers each contain a 2-light casement window with glazing bars. A red brick ridge stack is present. Single-storey lean-to and flat-roofed extensions have been added at the rear.
Local climate
Dorchester sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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