13 and 15, Thorncote Green is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Cottages.
13 and 15, Thorncote Green
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-frieze-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1985
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 13 and 15, Thorncote Green, Northill
- OS grid reference
- TL 152 476
- Coordinates
- 52.11522, -0.31792
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 13 and 15 Thorncote Green are two cottages dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. They are constructed with timber framing and have colourwashed roughcast render. Cottage No. 13 features a thatched roof, while No. 15 has a clay tiled roof.
No. 13 has a two-room layout, is one storey high with attics, and includes two 2-light horizontal sash windows with glazing bars on the ground floor. There is also a gabled dormer with a 2-light casement window that has glazing bars, and a plank door aligned with a red brick double ridge stack.
No. 15, which has a two-room plan, is two storeys tall and features two 2-light horizontal sash windows on each floor, all with glazing bars. The central entrance has a part-glazed door set in a moulded surround, topped with a gabled hood supported by out brackets. Both gable ends have red brick integral stacks, and there are various lean-to additions at the rear.
Local climate
13 and 15, Thorncote Green 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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