Brook Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. A C18 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Brook Cottage
- WRENN ID
- blind-dormer-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Brook Cottage, 10, Brook Lane, Renhold, MK41 0LD
- OS grid reference
- TL 079 530
- Coordinates
- 52.16539, -0.42383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brook Cottage is an 18th-century cottage constructed with a timber frame and colour washed plaster infill, topped with a thatched roof. The building features a two-room plan, with an out storey and attics. On the ground floor, there are four windows, and two dormers, all fitted with 20th-century casements that include glazing bars. A 20th-century central porch is present, along with external stacks on both gable ends. Additionally, there is a 20th-century single-storey addition to the west, which also has a 20th-century porch.
Local climate
Brook 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 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, fewer than 52% 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 — 1 transaction since 1999
- 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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