Swan Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Formerly inn. 7 related planning applications.
Swan Cottage
- WRENN ID
- moated-granite-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Formerly inn
- Address
- Swan Cottage, Felmersham Road, Radwell, MK43 7HS
- OS grid reference
- TL 004 574
- Coordinates
- 52.20638, -0.532
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swan Cottage is a former inn dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, with later 20th-century extensions. The original building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, featuring a thatched roof and brick buttresses. It includes an integral gable end stack at the east and a single-sided central stack. A modern gable end is visible at the western road frontage. The cottage is one storey high with attics. At the east end is a single ground floor window with three lights and glazing bars. A small extension, built of stone and brick, is located to the west, featuring a single three-light ground floor window and a dormer.
Local climate
Swan 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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