Bunyan Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1959. House.

Bunyan Cottage

WRENN ID
cold-spire-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Huntingdonshire
Constituency
Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1959
Type
House
Address
Bunyan Cottage, Tilbrook Road, Kimbolton
OS grid reference
TL 086 689
Coordinates
52.30795, -0.40716
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bunyan Cottage is an early 15th and 16th century farmhouse that has undergone alterations and additions in the 17th century and later. The building features an early 15th century cross-wing with two bays and a 16th century main range, also with two bays and a chimney bay. The timber frame is intact and covered with modern render. The cross-wing and main range were re-roofed in the 17th century and have plain tiles. The gable ends display 17th century bargeboards carved with egg and dart moulding. A 17th century stone stack is located at the gable end of the cross-wing, while a rebuilt red brick ridge stack is present on the main range. The cottage is two storeys high and has modern casements, with the exception of one 17th century four-light casement featuring ovolo mullions and one 19th century horizontal sliding sash in the cross-wing. Inside the cross-wing, there is a large baking oven and an inglenook fireplace. The upper bedroom contains a 17th century garret floor and a plank door to a closet, which has a fielded central panel and ovolo moulding on the side panels. The main range includes two inglenook fireplaces.

Local climate

Bunyan Cottage 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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