Orchard Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Cottage.
Orchard Cottages
- WRENN ID
- noble-latch-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Orchard Cottages, 1 and 2, Brook Lane, Dean and Shelton
- OS grid reference
- TL 045 676
- Coordinates
- 52.29744, -0.46854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Cottages are two cottages dating from the 17th century, located on the west side of Brook Lane in Upper Dean. They are constructed of colour washed brick and rough cast on a timber frame. Cottage No. 1 features a thatched roof, while Cottage No. 2 has a 20th-century tiled roof. Each cottage consists of two bays and is one storey high with attics, both having a central ridge stack. The cottages are connected by a single-storey block, with the gable end of No. 2 facing the road. The south elevation of No. 1 has two-light horizontal sash windows on the ground floor and a dormer window above. The east gable attic of No. 1 also has a two-light horizontal sash window. Cottage No. 2 features a two-light casement window in the east gable attic and has a 20th-century lean-to extension on the south side.
Local climate
Orchard Cottages 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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