The Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1983. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.

The Cottages

WRENN ID
worn-corbel-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 April 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
The Cottages, 1-7, Biddlesden, NN13 5TR
OS grid reference
SP 633 401
Coordinates
52.05614, -1.0779
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottages are a row of semi-detached estate cottages, built around 1830. Originally comprising 12 cottages, the row is now divided into six blocks. They were constructed as housing for Biddlesden Park. The cottages are built of chequer brick, with slate roofs, central paired chimney stacks, and decorative waved eaves and bargeboards. Minimal brick pilasters are present at the angles and between the cottages. Each two-bay cottage has two storeys, with barred casement windows and a central door, each with a thin hood-mould above.

Local climate

The Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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