Harper Cottages the Case Is Altered Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Public house, cottages. 6 related planning applications.
Harper Cottages the Case Is Altered Public House
- WRENN ID
- sacred-footing-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- Public house, cottages
- Address
- Harper Cottages the Case Is Altered Public House, Ravensden, MK44 2RL
- OS grid reference
- TL 076 541
- Coordinates
- 52.17512, -0.42764
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Case is Altered Public House and Harper Cottages is a row of cottages dating from the 18th century. The buildings are timber framed with brick nogging, while the public house has been refaced in red brick. The two central cottages feature color washed rough cast. They have a thatched roof and an overall eight-room plan, consisting of one storey and attics. There is a variety of casement windows throughout, mostly from the 20th century, and seven dormers. The public house includes two gabled weather boarded porches and windows on the ground floor that have cambered heads. Other doors are also from the 20th century.
Local climate
Harper Cottages the Case Is Altered Public House 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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