April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
April Cottage
- WRENN ID
- swift-wicket-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- April Cottage, the Green, Romaldkirk
- OS grid reference
- NY 996 220
- Coordinates
- 54.59385, -2.00679
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage, located on the Green in Romaldkirk, dates from the late 18th to early 19th century. It is constructed of squared snecked sandstone, with a stone-flagged roof and stone chimney stacks.
The cottage is two storeys high with three bays. It features tooled quoins. The central doorway has been replaced, along with the overlight, and is set within a tooled surround. There is a blank bay above the door. New 12-pane sashes with projecting sills have replaced the original windows. The roof has coped gables. The end stacks have top ledges and water tables. A two-storey rear addition, dating to the 20th century, is not of particular architectural interest.
The cottage is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
April Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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 — 2 transactions since 2018
- 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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