Ridge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Ridge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- riven-rafter-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Ridge Cottage, Pertenhall, MK44 2AX
- OS grid reference
- TL 082 647
- Coordinates
- 52.27068, -0.41504
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ridge Cottage is a 17th-century cottage with 19th-century additions. The original western block is timber-framed and has a rough cast finish, while the 19th-century eastern block is built of colour-washed brick. Both have old clay tile roofs. The cottage is two storeys high. Most of the windows are diamond-leaded casements; one window in the west wing is a 2-light horizontal sash, also with leaded glass. The 19th-century eastern elevations feature a central glazed front door, two 3-light casements with wood mullions and transoms on each floor, ground floor openings under cambered heads, two brick integral gable end stacks, and decorative ridge cresting of unknown origin. A single-storey lean-to extension is situated at the rear of the eastern wing.
Local climate
Ridge 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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