The Hedges is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Hedges
- WRENN ID
- endless-string-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Hedges, Kimbolton Road, Bolnhurst and Keysoe, MK44 2EX
- OS grid reference
- TL 087 584
- Coordinates
- 52.21357, -0.40945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hedges is an 18th-century cottage located on the Kimbolton Road, between Bolnhurst and Keysoe. It is built with a timber frame, covered in colour-washed rough cast. The roof is thatched, and the cottage has a 2-room plan with attic space. The front features a central plank door sheltered by an open gabled porch. There are two 2-light leaded casement windows on the ground floor, and similar windows are found in the dormers – all are 20th-century replacements. Two colour-washed rough cast integral gable end stacks are present. A single-storey, colour-washed rough cast extension was added to the north gable end in the 20th century.
Local climate
The Hedges 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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