Peartree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1974. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Peartree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tilted-screen-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Peartree Cottage, 27 Church Road, Stevington, MK43 7QB
- OS grid reference
- SP 990 533
- Coordinates
- 52.16969, -0.55373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Peartree Cottage is a late 17th century or early 18th century cottage located on Church Road in Stevington. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a thatched roof adorned with bargeboards and finials. It stands two storeys high and has two 19th century casements on the first floor. The ground floor also has two casements with glazing bars, all of which are supported by timber lintels. Access to the cottage is through a left-hand door that is reached by one step.
Local climate
Peartree Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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