Abbey Croft Moon Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Abbey Croft Moon Cottage

WRENN ID
open-ledge-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 August 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Abbey Croft Moon Cottage, Brook Lane, Renhold, MK41 0LD
OS grid reference
TL 078 529
Coordinates
52.16443, -0.42416
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Abbey Croft and Moon Cottage are two cottages dating from the 17th century, with a 18th century rear wing added to Abbey Croft. The buildings feature a timber frame, with Abbey Croft being rough cast rendered and color washed, while Moon Cottage is partly refaced in color washed brick and partly weather boarded. They have a thatched roof that is hipped to the west. The cottages have a five-room plan, are one storey high with attics, and include a single-storey rear wing.

On the south elevation, there are seven casement windows on the ground floor, mostly with two lights and glazing bars, except for the second from the left, which is a single light, and the rightmost window, which is a 20th century addition without glazing bars. The roof features three gabled dormers, each with two-light casements and glazing bars. Both cottages have plank doors, with Abbey Croft having an open thatched porch. There are two red brick double ridge stacks and another red brick stack at the west end. A 20th century pantiled single-storey addition is located to the west.

Local climate

Abbey Croft Moon 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, fewer than 52% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
  • 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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