Church Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Terrace of estate cottages.
Church Cottages
- WRENN ID
- rough-bronze-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Terrace of estate cottages
- Address
- Church Cottages, 1-6, High Street, Turvey
- OS grid reference
- SP 941 524
- Coordinates
- 52.16254, -0.62566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Cottages is a mid-19th century terrace of estate cottages, consisting of three adjoining pairs built on slightly different building lines. The cottages are constructed from coursed limestone rubble and feature a slate roof. Each cottage has two bays and is two storeys high. The northwest elevation shows that each pair of cottages has a central gable. On the first floor, each cottage has two 2-light casement windows with glazing bars. The ground floor also features two 2-light casement windows with glazing bars, flanking an open-sided gabled porch supported by thick, rustic timber posts.
Local climate
Church Cottages 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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