Number 42 and Ivy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1984. Cottages.

Number 42 and Ivy Cottage

WRENN ID
eternal-chalk-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Milton Keynes
Constituency
Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 1984
Type
Cottages
Address
Number 42 and Ivy Cottage, Common Street, Ravenstone
OS grid reference
SP 849 508
Coordinates
52.14904, -0.75918
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 42 and Ivy Cottage are two cottages, one positioned at right angles to the other, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, with the east bays rebuilt around 1970. They are constructed of coursed rubblestone, with Ivy Cottage featuring a part timber-framed and part brick rear wing. The cottages have thatch roofs. Number 42 has a street front of three bays and two storeys. The two left-hand bays, built in a cottage style around 1970, have two-light casement windows, with the upper ones being eaves-breaking dormers. The right-hand bay features a six-panel door and a slate-roofed canted bay window, with a two-light casement above. The upper walling has been repaired with brick. The rear range, Ivy Cottage, consists of three bays and two storeys. The northern bay is part timber-framed with colourwashed brick and stud infill, topped with a thatch roof. The two southern bays are made of colourwashed brick with a slate roof. The rear or west wall is made of stone, and the cottage includes casements, a door, and garage doors on the left.

Local climate

Number 42 and Ivy Cottage 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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