2, Rotten Row is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1974. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
2, Rotten Row
- WRENN ID
- final-clay-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 2, Rotten Row, Riseley, MK44 1EJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 036 628
- Coordinates
- 52.25414, -0.48313
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century cottage located on Rotten Row in Riseley. It is built with a timber frame and has been finished with colour-washed rough cast. The roof is thatched. The cottage originally comprised two rooms and has a first-floor attic space. The front elevation features two two-light horizontal sash windows with glazing bars, and one small casement window to the right. A gabled porch, dated to the 20th century, has been added to the left side. A red brick stack rises from the centre of the roof ridge. A single-storey, lean-to addition extends from the rear.
Local climate
2, Rotten Row 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 96% 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, more than 52% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
- 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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