Dun Cow Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. House. 4 related planning applications.
Dun Cow Cottage
- WRENN ID
- watchful-truss-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dun Cow Cottage, Dun Cow Lane, City of Durham, DH1 3ES
- OS grid reference
- NZ 274 421
- Coordinates
- 54.77388, -1.57505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dun Cow Cottage is an early 18th-century house located on Dun Cow Lane. It features painted incised stucco with painted ashlar dressings and a roof made of pantiles, with three rows of stone slates at the eaves and brick chimneys. The cottage has two storeys and attics, with two windows. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door with a four-paned overlight, sheltered by a 20th-century hood supported by wrought iron brackets. The renewed sash windows have wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills, and there are louvred external shutters on the ground floor. The cottage also has bombé bow iron balconies on segmental-headed half-dormers and tall end brick chimneys, one of which has been raised in newer brick. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Dun Cow Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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