1, 3, 5 and 7, Thorncote Road is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Row of cottages. 1 related planning application.

1, 3, 5 and 7, Thorncote Road

WRENN ID
swift-pedestal-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 March 1985
Type
Row of cottages
Address
1, 3, 5 and 7, Thorncote Road, Northill, SG18 9AQ
OS grid reference
TL 149 466
Coordinates
52.106, -0.32355
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a row of four cottages located on Thorncote Road. They were built in the 18th century. The cottages are timber-framed, with some areas using colourwashed brick and others colourwashed rendered infill. They have thatched roofs. The overall layout comprises eight rooms. The cottages are one storey high, with attics, and have eight ground-floor windows and six eyebrow dormers. The windows are a mixture of two-light casements. The front doors vary in style. Number 5 has a 20th-century lean-to porch. The chimneys consist of two red brick double ridge stacks and two red brick gable end stacks.

Local climate

1, 3, 5 and 7, Thorncote Road 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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  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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