Chapel Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. Former Sunday school, dwelling. 1 related planning application.

Chapel Cottage

WRENN ID
winter-finial-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Type
Former Sunday school, dwelling
Address
Chapel Cottage, Riseley Road, Keysoe, Bolnhurst and Keysoe, MK44 2HS
OS grid reference
TL 073 631
Coordinates
52.25582, -0.42847
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Chapel Cottage is a former Sunday School that has been converted into a private dwelling. It dates from the 19th century and is constructed of gault brick, featuring some slate and 20th-century tile roofs. The building is single-storey, with a central hall flanked by recessed wings that have a lower roofline. The left wing is colour washed.

The central hall has three recesses with cambered heads, the middle one featuring double panelled doors beneath a 20th-century sloping hood. Each side bay includes a rectangular window frame with three lights and arcaded heads, topped with a moulded hood that has rosettes at the ends.

The side wings each have two two-light windows; the windows on the right are original horizontal sashes with glazing bars. Both wings have hipped roofs and the entire building is adorned with a wide spaced dentil eaves course.

Local climate

Chapel 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 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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 — 6 transactions since 1995
  • 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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