Rose Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. House.
Rose Cottage
- WRENN ID
- empty-banister-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rose Cottage, Podington
- OS grid reference
- SP 935 615
- Coordinates
- 52.24394, -0.63086
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rose Cottage is an 18th century house with a partially destroyed datestone that appears to date from 175?. It features a later rear wing and is constructed of coursed limestone rubble. The building has a concrete pantile roof and is designed in an L-plan layout. The main wing has one storey and attics, with a lean-to bay on the left side that includes a 20th century shop window and doorway. The right side has a three-light casement window with glazing bars. The rear wing is two storeys tall and has 20th century windows and a doorway set within brick surrounds.
Local climate
Rose 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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