Westbank Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Cottage. 7 related planning applications.
Westbank Cottages
- WRENN ID
- far-groin-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Westbank Cottages, 1-3, Wood Lane, Aspley Guise, MK17 8ES
- OS grid reference
- SP 940 357
- Coordinates
- 52.01189, -0.63107
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Westbank Cottages is a row of three cottages built in the late 18th century, with mid 19th century additions at each end. The main block features colourwashed roughcast render, likely over a timber frame, while the later parts are rendered over brick. The main section has a thatched roof, while the additions have shallower slated roofs. This long, two-storey row has two 2-light and four 3-light casement windows on both the ground and first floors, all fitted with glazing bars. There are four doorways, each sheltered by gabled rustic open porches.
Local climate
Westbank Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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