Bletsoe Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Bletsoe Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dusk-parapet-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bletsoe Cottage, Rushden Road, MK44 1QN
- OS grid reference
- TL 019 579
- Coordinates
- 52.21079, -0.50901
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bletsoe Cottage is a late 17th century or early 18th century house that was altered in the 19th century. It is built of coursed limestone rubble and has an old clay tile roof. The building has two storeys and attics. On the ground floor, there are two modern French windows and a central 19th century porch with a heavy square moulded hood. The first floor features two sash windows with glazing bars and a central square-headed dormer that breaks the eaves line. There are also two modern dormers in the roof. The rear wing of the main house is likely older, constructed of rubble limestone with an old clay tile roof and a one-sided central fireplace. This wing also has two storeys and attics. To the right of the main house is a 19th century extension made of local brick, also with an old clay tile roof, which has two storeys and one French window.
Local climate
Bletsoe 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, more than 50% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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