Ramsay Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1986. A Early Modern House.
Ramsay Cottage
- WRENN ID
- late-casement-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1986
- Type
- House
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Ramsay Cottage, Green End Road, Kempston Rural
- OS grid reference
- TL 005 472
- Coordinates
- 52.11454, -0.53235
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ramsay Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is timber-framed with colourwashed brick nogging and features a thatched roof. The ends of the building have been extended in colourwashed brick, and the roof has hipped ends. The cottage is one storey tall, with windows that are irregularly spaced, primarily consisting of 3-light casements with glazing bars. There is a 20th-century thatched porch.
Local climate
Ramsay 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 95% 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 54% 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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