Hill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Hill Cottage
- WRENN ID
- iron-pediment-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hill Cottage, High Street, Pavenham, MK43 7PD
- OS grid reference
- SP 992 555
- Coordinates
- 52.1896, -0.5499
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hill Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with a datestone that is now obliterated. There are 19th-century additions and alterations, and the datestone in the west front gable, marked J.84.J., may suggest that these works were completed in 1884, although the architectural style appears somewhat earlier. The house is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features an old clay tile roof. It has two storeys and two large gables over the first-floor windows, which have brick dentil eaves. The first floor includes two three-light leaded casements with timber mullions and a high-level transom, situated beneath the gables. Additionally, there is a small single-light leaded window at the eastern end. On the ground floor, there is a 20th-century gabled porch and a large bay window on the right side.
Local climate
Hill 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, more than 50% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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