Mingalay is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. Cottage.

Mingalay

WRENN ID
small-gravel-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 May 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Mingalay, 10, Cople
OS grid reference
TL 104 478
Coordinates
52.11776, -0.38838
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mingalay is a cottage from the 18th century located at Water End in Cople. It features a colour washed rough cast exterior over a timber frame and is topped with thatch. The cottage has a two-room layout, is one storey high with attics, and includes a higher block attached to the south, along with a weatherboarded thatched barn to the south of the main structure. There are two dormer windows, and all the windows are modern wood and metal casements from the 20th century. The left-hand side has a 20th-century door, and there is a red brick ridge stack, which may align with the original door position, as well as a red brick gable end stack on the north side.

Local climate

Mingalay 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 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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