Bromford is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1974. Row of cottages.
Bromford
- WRENN ID
- plain-gutter-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1974
- Type
- Row of cottages
- Address
- Bromford, 229, Cotton End Road, Wilshamstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 079 442
- Coordinates
- 52.08569, -0.42581
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bromford is a row of cottages dating from the 18th century, with some alterations made in the 19th century. The cottages are constructed with a timber frame and have a colourwashed roughcast render. Nos. 229 and 231 feature a gabled clay tile roof, while No. 233 has a slated gambrel roof. The overall plan consists of five rooms across two storeys.
The left-hand block, which includes Nos. 229 and 231, has a canted bay window with casements and a sash window on the ground floor, along with three different casements with glazing bars on the first floor. There is a moulded panel door at the centre and a plank door to the right. The roof is adorned with crested ridge tiles, and there is a red brick integral stack on the left gable end.
The right-hand block, No. 233, features one three-light and one two-light casement window on each floor, mostly with glazing bars, and a plank door to the right. A central red brick ridge stack has been recently removed.
Local climate
Bromford 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 96% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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