The Owl's Nest is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
The Owl's Nest
- WRENN ID
- haunted-obsidian-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Owl's Nest, West End Road, Kempston, Kempston Rural, MK43 8RT
- OS grid reference
- TL 008 491
- Coordinates
- 52.13102, -0.52837
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Owl's Nest is an 18th or early 19th century timber-framed cottage. The front facade is of whitewashed brick, while the south-west gable end is weatherboarded and the rear is of colourwashed roughcast. It has a steeply pitched thatched roof. The cottage is single-storied and features a heavily rusticated, gabled porch from the 19th century. Windows are leaded casements, with one 19th century casement retaining glazing bars located to the right of the porch.
Local climate
The Owl's Nest 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 95% 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 54% 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 — 4 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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