Merrick Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. House. 5 related planning applications.
Merrick Cottage
- WRENN ID
- woven-garret-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Merrick Cottage, 196, Wilstead Road, Elstow, MK42 9YD
- OS grid reference
- TL 051 469
- Coordinates
- 52.11105, -0.4658
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Merrick Cottage is a house that was originally a pair of cottages, dating from the 18th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and has a pebbledash render finish. The roof is made of clay tiles. The building has a four-room layout and is one storey high with attics. There are two front doorways that have been blocked, with the entrance now located at the rear. The ground floor features four windows, and there are four gabled dormers, all of which have 20th-century replacement casements. A red brick ridge stack is positioned at the center of the roof.
Local climate
Merrick 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 95% 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 54% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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