Pair of Cottages South of Ye Olde Homestead is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Cottage.
Pair of Cottages South of Ye Olde Homestead
- WRENN ID
- old-doorway-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Pair of Cottages South of Ye Olde Homestead, Colmworth
- OS grid reference
- TL 102 581
- Coordinates
- 52.21048, -0.38771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of cottages, possibly originally one house, dates from the 18th century. They feature colour washed rough cast over a timber frame and have a pantiled roof. The cottages are three bays overall, with one storey and attics. On the south elevation, there are three 2-light horizontal sash windows of varying sizes, all with glazing bars, along with one fixed single-light window on the ground floor. There is also a dormer with a 2-light horizontal sash window and a sloping roof. The left-hand cottage has a central plank door, while the right-hand cottage has a 20th-century porch to the right. Between the two right-hand bays, there is a yellow brick double ridge stack, and the left-hand gable end features a red brick integral stack. Additionally, there are colour washed brick and slate lean-to additions on both gable ends.
Local climate
Pair of Cottages South of Ye Olde Homestead 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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