Shepherds Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Shepherds Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tangled-cobble-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Shepherds Cottage, High Street, Swineshead, MK44 2AA
- OS grid reference
- TL 058 657
- Coordinates
- 52.27997, -0.44923
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shepherds Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century. It features a timber frame with colour washed brick and plaster infill, topped by an old clay tile roof. The building has a T-plan layout with a cross-wing on the side facing the road and stands two storeys tall.
On the north elevation, there is one 2-light leaded casement and one 3-light casement with glazing bars on the ground floor. The first floor includes a 4-light mullioned leaded window, one fixed light, and one 2-light horizontal sash. The roof is half-hipped.
The east elevation shows the main wing with one 2-light horizontal sash with glazing bars and one single leaded light on the ground floor. The first floor has two 2-light horizontal sashes with glazing bars. The front door is aligned with a red brick double ridge stack. The cross-wing gable features a 2-light horizontal sash on each floor, with one leaded window on the first floor.
Local climate
Shepherds 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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