Dower Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Cottage.
Dower Cottage
- WRENN ID
- winter-gateway-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Dower Cottage, St Neots Road, Renhold
- OS grid reference
- TL 098 517
- Coordinates
- 52.15344, -0.39565
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dower Cottage is a cottage that was originally a pair of gardeners' cottages, dating from the 18th century, with 20th-century repairs and alterations. It is constructed of red brick and features a hipped roof made of old clay tiles. The cottage has a three-room plan and stands two storeys tall.
On the front elevation, the ground floor includes two 20th-century casement windows and one two-light casement window with glazing bars. The first floor has three two-light casement windows, also with glazing bars. There is a 20th-century central front door. The cottage has two red brick ridge stacks and a red brick lean-to addition on the north side, which includes a gabled wooden porch. The building is listed for its group value.
Local climate
Dower 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 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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