Cottage Opposite Church Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Cottage.
Cottage Opposite Church Road
- WRENN ID
- dark-oriel-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cottage Opposite Church Road, Mill Hill, Bolnhurst and Keysoe
- OS grid reference
- TL 076 626
- Coordinates
- 52.25191, -0.42452
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cottage, located opposite Church Road, dates from the late 17th century. It features a timber frame, with the southwest gable end refaced in brick during the 19th century, and is finished with rough cast and colour wash. The cottage has a thatched roof and a three-bay plan, consisting of one storey and attics.
On the northwest elevation, there is a 20th-century door to the left and two 20th-century casement windows on the ground floor, along with one dormer window. A red brick double ridge stack is present. The southwest gable end has a two-light horizontal sash window on each floor, with a plank door to the right. Additionally, there is a 20th-century flat-roofed extension on the northeast gable end.
Local climate
Cottage Opposite Church Road 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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