1 and 2, Church End is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Cottage.
1 and 2, Church End
- WRENN ID
- over-postern-ash
- 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
- 1 and 2, Church End, Old Warden
- OS grid reference
- TL 138 445
- Coordinates
- 52.08718, -0.33921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 and 2 Church End are a pair of estate cottages that were originally one house, dating from the 17th century and reworked in 1879 for the Shuttleworth Estate, as indicated by a plaque. The cottages are constructed with timber framing and feature colourwashed roughcast render along with applied timber frame decoration. They have clay tile roofs adorned with decorative ridge tiles.
The building has a three-room plan and consists of two storeys and attics, with various later additions at the rear. The style is described as cottage ornee. On the south elevation, there are two three-light windows and one four-light window on the ground floor, along with three two-light windows on the first floor. The roof includes three gabled dormers, each with two-light windows, all featuring cast iron lattice casements.
There is a tiled gabled open porch topped with a terracotta finial, and the entrance includes a flush panel door set within a moulded surround. The building is also distinguished by two ridge stacks that have a variety of Tudor-style embattled chimney pots.
Local climate
1 and 2, Church End 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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