Rose Cotttage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Rose Cotttage
- WRENN ID
- tattered-pavement-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rose Cotttage, Bolnhurst and Keysoe, MK44 2JG
- OS grid reference
- TL 081 611
- Coordinates
- 52.23771, -0.41715
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rose Cottage is an 18th-century cottage located in Keysoe, near Bolnhurst. It’s constructed with a timber frame and rough cast rendering, over which a colour wash has been applied. The roof is thatched. The cottage has a 2-room plan, extending over two storeys. External stacks, also rendered and colour-washed, are positioned on both gable ends. The front elevation features a 20th-century gabled porch, central to the front door, and two 2-light casement windows on each floor.
Local climate
Rose Cotttage 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- 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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