Prebends Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Prebends Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tall-minaret-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Prebends Cottage, Quarryheads Lane, City of Durham, DH1 3DY
- OS grid reference
- NZ 270 418
- Coordinates
- 54.7706, -1.58083
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Prebends Cottage is a cottage dating to circa 1771. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with a pantile roof, featuring a single row of stone slates along the eaves. A brick chimney is also present. The cottage is one storey and consists of three bays. A six-panelled double door, set one step up and protected by a stone lintel, provides access to the front. Windows have stone lintels and projecting sills, and feature 16-paned sashes with external shutters. Large blocks define the gable edges. The left return gable, located on the path towards Prebends' Bridge, incorporates a cellar door and an oriel window. This building holds group value from its contribution to the Prebends area.
Local climate
Prebends 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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