Lilac Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Lilac Cottage

WRENN ID
dark-ashlar-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Lilac Cottage, Grange Cottages, Whorlton, DL12 8XA
OS grid reference
NZ 105 150
Coordinates
54.53077, -1.83814
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lilac Cottage is a mid-19th century cottage with a later addition to the rear. It is constructed from tooled-and-dressed sandstone and features a Welsh slate roof with ashlar stacks. The building has a square plan and is a single storey with two narrower bays on each side. It has a low plinth and clasping Tuscan pilasters. The windows have raised surrounds and projecting sills, with the street frontage showcasing two 16-pane sash windows. On the right side, there is a central, partly-glazed four-panel door with a patterned four-pane overlight set in a Tuscan doorcase, along with a single 16-pane sash window to the right. The eaves gutter was originally supported by paired, square stone brackets, and the low-pitched hipped roof features two corniced ridge stacks.

Local climate

Lilac Cottage receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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