Hilltop Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1952. A C18 Cottage.

Hilltop Cottage

WRENN ID
tilted-ashlar-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1952
Type
Cottage
Address
Hilltop Cottage, Leighton Road, Billington
OS grid reference
SP 941 226
Coordinates
51.89401, -0.63296
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hilltop Cottage is an 18th-century building located on Leighton Road in Billington. It is constructed of whitewashed brick and features one storey with attics. The cottage is topped with a thatched roof and has two modern casement dormers. Additionally, there are three Yorkshire sash windows with glazing bars.

Local climate

Hilltop Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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