The Covey is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Outhouse.
The Covey
- WRENN ID
- last-ashlar-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Outhouse
- Address
- The Covey, High Street, Turvey, MK43 8DE
- OS grid reference
- SP 944 524
- Coordinates
- 52.16204, -0.62062
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Covey is a mid 19th-century outhouse associated with Pear Tree Cottage, located on High Street in Turvey. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features a concrete tile roof. The building is a single-storey structure with an attic. The north gable end facing the road has decorative bargeboards and includes a blocked attic window beneath a timber lintel, along with a four-light window on the ground floor. The east elevation has a door on the left side, a two-light casement window with glazing bars, and a blocked window under a timber lintel.
Inside, the roof is exposed, showcasing common rafters made from split tree trunks. The Covey, along with Pear Tree Cottage, was built as part of the estate of Turvey Abbey, which is situated to the east. At one point, The Covey served as a shop and workshop. Both buildings are depicted on Ordnance Survey maps from 1883 and 1900, and they are part of a group of similar mid 19th-century estate cottages located at numbers 1-2 High Street and numbers 1-10 Abbey Square.
The Covey is recognized for its craftsmanship and vernacular style, enhanced by decorative bargeboarding, and it holds significant group value with Pear Tree Cottage, contributing to the historical context of the Turvey Abbey estate cottages.
Local climate
The Covey 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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