The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1979. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sunken-quartz-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1979
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatched Cottage, 59, Church Lane, Odell, MK43 7AA
- OS grid reference
- SP 967 584
- Coordinates
- 52.21595, -0.58542
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched Cottage is a late 17th century or early 18th century cottage located with its gable end facing the road. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features a thatched roof with tile gable coping. The cottage has a simple two-room layout with a central stack and the front door situated opposite the chimney. It is one storey high with attics and includes several two-light casement windows with glazing bars.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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