21, 23 (Forge End Cottage), 25 (Old Bakery Cottage) and 27 is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1975. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
21, 23 (Forge End Cottage), 25 (Old Bakery Cottage) and 27
- WRENN ID
- dusted-steel-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 21, 23 (Forge End Cottage), 25 (Old Bakery Cottage) and 27, High Street, Great Linford, MK14 5AX
- OS grid reference
- SP 852 420
- Coordinates
- 52.07007, -0.75729
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a row of cottages located on the east side of High Street in Great Linford, known as No. 21 (Forge End Cottage), No. 23 (Forge End Cottage), No. 25 (Old Bakery Cottage), and No. 27. The cottages date from the 18th century and may incorporate some earlier materials. They are primarily constructed of red brick, with blue headers present at Nos. 21 and 23, while No. 27 is rendered. The cottages have an old tiled roof, with No. 25 featuring a steeper pitch and dentil brick eaves at Nos. 25 and 27. There are four brick chimneys on the buildings. The row is two stories tall and has seven windows, mostly featuring two-light designs with segmental arched heads. No. 27 has been modernized, while No. 21 retains some old leaded glazing. There are four doors and an open passage on the right-hand side of No. 21, which also has the lower part of an old stone chimney on its south gable.
Local climate
21, 23 (Forge End Cottage), 25 (Old Bakery Cottage) and 27 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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