Brook End is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Cottage.
Brook End
- WRENN ID
- hushed-spire-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Brook End, Brook Lane, Dean and Shelton
- OS grid reference
- TL 044 676
- Coordinates
- 52.29708, -0.46913
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brook End is a 17th-century cottage located on the west side of Brook Lane in Upper Dean. It features a timber frame with color-washed plaster infill on the first floor and 20th-century brick infill on the ground floor, topped with a thatched roof. The cottage has a two-room plan and includes 20th-century extensions at the rear and south gable end. It is one storey high with attics and has a central red brick ridge stack. The east elevation displays five 20th-century casements on the ground floor and three dormers with 20th-century casements above. The entrance is located at the rear, sheltered by a 20th-century porch.
Local climate
Brook End 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 96% 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, more than 52% 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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