April Cottage Hillcrest Twisden is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Row of cottages. 1 related planning application.
April Cottage Hillcrest Twisden
- WRENN ID
- lost-flagstone-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- Row of cottages
- Address
- April Cottage Hillcrest Twisden, Ravensden, MK44 2RR
- OS grid reference
- TL 077 543
- Coordinates
- 52.17719, -0.42518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of cottages dating from the 18th century, with an addition constructed in the 19th century. The cottages are timber-framed with rough cast walls and colour washing. Hillcrest and April Cottage have thatched roofs, while Twisden has an asbestos roof. The cottages comprise five rooms across two storeys, with a lower bay to the southeast. The first floor retains one 2-light and one 3-light horizontal sash window with glazing bars. Other windows are 20th-century casements, including bow windows on the ground floor of Hillcrest. A 20th-century door serves Hillcrest, a 20th-century glazed porch serves April Cottage, and a gabled porch serves Twisden. Various one-story additions have been made to the rear in the 20th century.
Local climate
April Cottage Hillcrest Twisden 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2026
- 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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