27, 29 and 31, Ravensden Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Cottage.
27, 29 and 31, Ravensden Road
- WRENN ID
- ghost-stone-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 27, 29 and 31, Ravensden Road, Renhold
- OS grid reference
- TL 078 529
- Coordinates
- 52.16469, -0.42515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 27, 29, and 31 Ravensden Road are charity cottages dating from the 17th century. They feature a colour-washed rough cast exterior over a timber frame and a thatched roof. The building has a T-plan layout, with a two-storey cross-wing to the east and a one-storey block with attics to the west.
The west block includes a ground floor with a five-light casement window with glazing bars, a single-light casement, a two-light casement, and a glazed door. The attic has one gabled dormer with a 20th-century casement window, along with one gable-end stack and one double ridge stack, both made of colour-washed brick. The east block has one casement window on each floor, with a five-light window on the ground floor and a two-light window on the first floor. There is also a thatched lean-to at the rear.
Local climate
27, 29 and 31, Ravensden Road 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- No related consent applications matched
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