316,317 and 318, Cople Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. Cottages. 2 related planning applications.
316,317 and 318, Cople Road
- WRENN ID
- standing-spire-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 316,317 and 318, Cople Road, Cardington, MK44 3SH
- OS grid reference
- TL 089 478
- Coordinates
- 52.11843, -0.41063
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are three cottages located at 316, 317, and 318 Cople Road, dating from around 1700, with a circular plaque indicating restoration in 1913. The cottages feature a pebbledash finish over a timber frame and have a clay tile roof. They are arranged in a five-room plan and stand two storeys tall. The ground floor has three three-light casement windows, while the first floor includes three two-light and two three-light casement windows. The central door is part-glazed, and the other two doors have two panels each, all adorned with small cut bracketed hoods. The cottages have one single ridge stack and one multiple ridge stack, both made of red brick.
Local climate
316,317 and 318, Cople Road 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 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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