Willow Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Cottage.
Willow Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- riven-courtyard-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Willow Tree Cottage, High Street, Yielden, Melchbourne and Yielden, MK44 1AW
- OS grid reference
- TL 012 668
- Coordinates
- 52.29048, -0.51736
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Willow Tree Cottage is a cottage dating from around 1700. It features colour washed plaster on a timber frame, with the left gable end constructed of limestone rubble. The building has a watched roof and a three-room plan, consisting of one storey and attics. There are two integral gable end brick stacks that are also colour washed. The front door is located to the left of centre. A small one-storey extension from the 20th century is present on the front left side. The cottage has three windows and three dormers, all of which are casements, though most have been altered.
Local climate
Willow Tree 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 96% 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 52% 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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