Ship Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Ship Cottage

WRENN ID
dusk-grate-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Ship Cottage, High Street, Turvey, MK43 8DB
OS grid reference
SP 941 525
Coordinates
52.16281, -0.62429
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ship Cottage is a mid-19th century estate cottage located on the north side of High Street, Turvey. It is built of coursed limestone rubble with a slate roof, and has a 2-bay plan. The cottage features gable end red brick chimney stacks. The south elevation has two 2-light casement windows on the first floor, and two 2-light casement windows on the ground floor; the eastern ground floor window is slightly taller. A central doorway is topped by a gabled doorhood supported on two slender timber columns. The building is included on the list for its group value.

Local climate

Ship Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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