Bell Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1983. Cottage.

Bell Cottage

WRENN ID
sleeping-chapel-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Huntingdonshire
Constituency
Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 June 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Bell Cottage, 9, Bell Lane, Southoe and Midloe
OS grid reference
TL 184 646
Coordinates
52.26689, -0.26552
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bell Cottage is a 17th century cottage with a three-unit and lobby entry plan. It is timber framed and rendered, topped with a thatched roof that features a ridge stack. The building has one storey and attics, with three dormers. There are three horizontal sliding sash windows and an entry door located opposite the stack.

Local climate

Bell 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% 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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