Bunyan's Mead is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. A C16 Cottage.
Bunyan's Mead
- WRENN ID
- woven-rubblework-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Bunyan's Mead, 19 and 20, High Street, Elstow
- OS grid reference
- TL 050 474
- Coordinates
- 52.11557, -0.46753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bunyan's Mead is a pair of cottages dating from the 16th century, which were renovated in 1976-77. They feature a close-studded timber frame with colourwashed plaster infill on the front and brick infill on the gable ends. The cottages have a clay tile roof and a four-bay plan, standing two storeys high. On the ground floor, there is one two-light and two three-light casement windows, while the first floor has one two-light casement flanked by two three-light casements, all of which have leaded lights. There is a 20th-century door and surround, and a rebuilt brick multiple ridge stack. Additionally, there are 20th-century additions at the rear.
Local climate
Bunyan's Mead 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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