Close Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. Cottage. 6 related planning applications.
Close Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lesser-dormer-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Close Cottage, 1 and 2, High Street, Swineshead, MK44 2AA
- OS grid reference
- TL 057 658
- Coordinates
- 52.28047, -0.45144
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Close Cottage is an 18th-century cottage located on the south side of High Street in Swineshead. It features colour washed rough cast on a timber frame, with some timber framing exposed on the south side. The cottage has an old clay tile gambrel roof and consists of three bays, with the gable end facing the road.
The west elevation includes one ground floor window and two dormers, all of which are horizontal sashes. The gable end has a two-light horizontal sash window with glazing bars on both the ground floor and in the attic. On the east elevation, there are a three-light and a two-light horizontal sash window, along with one fixed leaded light and one round-headed fixed light with a fanlight. The front door is positioned opposite a red brick double ridge stack.
Local climate
Close 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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