The Elms is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Cottage.
The Elms
- WRENN ID
- veiled-postern-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Elms, Riseley Road, Bolnhurst and Keysoe
- OS grid reference
- TL 071 630
- Coordinates
- 52.25501, -0.43112
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Elms is a cottage dating from around 1700. It features a timber frame with some areas of colour washed plaster infill and rough cast. The thatched roof has three bays and is one storey high with attics. There is one red brick ridge stack, one red brick integral stack on the southwest gable end, and one external stack on the southeast elevation. The southeast elevation includes 20th-century casements and French windows on the ground floor, along with two dormers that have 20th-century casements. The roof is hipped to the southwest and half-hipped to the northeast. There is also a 20th-century extension at a right angle to the north.
Local climate
The Elms 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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