Derwent Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Row of houses. 5 related planning applications.
Derwent Cottages
- WRENN ID
- young-banister-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Row of houses
- Address
- Derwent Cottages, 1-5, High Street, Pavenham, MK43 7NT
- OS grid reference
- SP 987 554
- Coordinates
- 52.1885, -0.55757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Derwent Cottages is a row of houses dating to the 17th century, originally built as a parish workhouse and overseers’ house. The row initially comprised four houses, with a lower pair offset slightly. The latter two houses have since been converted into a single dwelling. The cottages are constructed from coursed limestone rubble, with remnants of old lime render visible. The roofs are covered with old clay tiles. The buildings have a gable end facing the road. While the rear (western) elevation features some 20th-century casement windows, the eastern elevation has been altered in the 19th and 20th centuries, incorporating new windows and single-story lean-to extensions. Number 5 has four first-floor leaded casement windows. The ground floor windows are casements with glazing bars. The cottages are included on the list for their group value.
Local climate
Derwent Cottages sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 18 transactions since 1996
- 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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