57 and 57a, Top End is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Cottage.
57 and 57a, Top End
- WRENN ID
- proud-truss-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 57 and 57a, Top End, Renhold
- OS grid reference
- TL 097 526
- Coordinates
- 52.1608, -0.39681
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
57 and 57A Top End are two cottages that may have originally been one house. They date from the 17th century and have undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The cottages are timber framed with a pebble-dashed exterior and feature a 20th-century tile roof. The overall layout consists of three rooms, with one storey and attics. The front elevation includes two 2-light casement windows on the ground floor and one hipped dormer with a 2-light casement. There is a red brick ridge stack and lean-to extensions at both the left and right ends, as well as on the south gable end.
Local climate
57 and 57a, Top End 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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