Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. A C18 Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Yew Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- secret-porch-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Yew Tree Cottage, Pertenhall, MK44 2AX
- OS grid reference
- TL 082 647
- Coordinates
- 52.27051, -0.41467
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century cottage, with later alterations. It is built with a timber frame and rough cast rendering, and has a thatched roof. The cottage is arranged in an L-shape, with a single storey and attics. There are red brick stacks, one on the ridge and another on the west gable. The east-facing elevation features two 20th-century casement windows flanking a 20th-century open-sided porch with a thatched roof. A door is positioned in line with the ridge stack. A dormer window, also with a 20th-century casement, is visible. The west-facing elevation of the main wing, and the south-facing elevation of the rear wing, each have one 20th-century two-light casement window on the ground floor, alongside a dormer with a 20th-century two-light casement. Single-storey lean-to extensions with tiled roofs are attached to the north and south gable ends of the main wing.
Local climate
Yew Tree 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
- 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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