Nos. 39 and 41 (The Pippins) is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Cottage.
Nos. 39 and 41 (The Pippins)
- WRENN ID
- winding-rafter-hawk
- 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
- Nos. 39 and 41 (The Pippins), Thorncote Road, Northill
- OS grid reference
- TL 149 468
- Coordinates
- 52.10836, -0.32275
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 39 and 41, known as The Pippins, are a pair of cottages dating from the 18th century, originally part of a row of three. They are timber framed, with No. 41 featuring colourwashed rendered infill and No. 39 covered in colourwashed roughcast render. The cottages have a thatched roof and a five-room plan, with one storey and attics. There are five 2-light casement windows on the ground floor and five eyebrow dormers, each with 2-light casements. The windows date from the 19th and 20th centuries. No. 41 has an off-centre plain door, while No. 39 has two part-glazed doors. The cottages feature two red brick ridge stacks, with the one on No. 39 being double. Additionally, No. 39 has 20th-century additions to its south gable.
Local climate
Nos. 39 and 41 (The Pippins) 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
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