4, 6 and 8 (Pax Cottage), Thorncote Road is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
4, 6 and 8 (Pax Cottage), Thorncote Road
- WRENN ID
- patient-gallery-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 4, 6 and 8 (Pax Cottage), Thorncote Road, Northill, SG18 9AQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 149 466
- Coordinates
- 52.10606, -0.32279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of cottages dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, situated on Thorncote Road. The cottages are timber framed with colourwashed roughcast externally, with the gable end of number 4 faced in red brick. Numbers 8 and 6 have thatched roofs, while number 4 has a clay tile roof. The layout is L-shaped, with numbers 8 and 6 forming the original block, and number 4 being a later addition. Numbers 8 and 6 are one storey high with attics, while number 4 is two storeys high. The windows are mostly 20th-century casements. Two dormer windows are located on the south elevation of numbers 8 and 6. The cottages also incorporate 20th-century part-glazed doors. Two red brick ridge stacks are present on numbers 8 and 6, and a red brick integral stack is on the south gable end of number 4.
Local climate
4, 6 and 8 (Pax Cottage), Thorncote Road 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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 — 11 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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