Scuttle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. A Georgian Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Scuttle Cottage

WRENN ID
roaming-hall-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 August 1983
Type
Cottage
Period
Georgian
Address
Scuttle Cottage, Nag's Head Lane, Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden, MK44 3AN
OS grid reference
TL 162 562
Coordinates
52.19262, -0.30105
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Scuttle Cottage is a cottage dating from around 1700. It has a timber frame with some areas of colour washed brick infill and colour washed plaster that is incised to imitate ashlar. The roof is thatched. The cottage has a three-bay plan and is one storey with attics. On the south elevation, the ground floor features two 2-light casements and one 2-light horizontal sash window, while the attic includes a dormer with a 2-light horizontal sash window, all of which have glazing bars. There is a 20th-century door and porch aligned with a red brick double ridge stack. Additionally, there are 20th-century one-storey additions to the west and north.

Local climate

Scuttle Cottage 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 98% 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 53% 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 0.4°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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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