39 and 41, Church End is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
39 and 41, Church End
- WRENN ID
- salt-gutter-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 39 and 41, Church End, Biddenham, MK40 4AR
- OS grid reference
- TL 015 498
- Coordinates
- 52.13784, -0.51797
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These cottages, numbers 39 and 41 Church End, date from the late 17th or early 18th century and occupy a corner site. Number 39 fronts onto Church Lane and is built with colour-washed plaster over a timber frame, covered with thatch. It has a central brick stack and a three-room plan with attics. A central gabled dormer window contains a three-light casement. There are three ground floor casement windows facing Church Lane. Number 41 is set at a right angle to the road, also fronting Church Lane, and is similarly constructed with a two-room plan and one storey.
Local climate
39 and 41, Church End 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 — 2 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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