Green Hedges 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.

Green Hedges

WRENN ID
scattered-fireplace-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 August 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Green Hedges, 27, High Street, Thurleigh, MK44 2DB
OS grid reference
TL 052 585
Coordinates
52.21484, -0.46058
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Green Hedges is a 17th-century cottage located on the north side of High Street in Thurleigh. The building features colour washed rough cast over a timber frame and has a thatched roof that is half-hipped at the west end. It has a four-room plan and is one storey high with attics. The ground floor includes four two-light casements with glazing bars, while the upper floor has three gabled dormers with similar casements. The left-hand cottage door aligns with a red brick ridge stack, and the right-hand cottage has a door to the right and a red brick integral stack at the east gable end. There is a lean-to addition at the west end and a single storey hipped thatched addition at the east end.

Local climate

Green Hedges 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, more than 50% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
  • 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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