Voltigeur Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Hartlepool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1982. Cottage.
Voltigeur Cottage
- WRENN ID
- turning-kitchen-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hartlepool
- Constituency
- Hartlepool MP: Mr Jonathan Brash (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 June 1982
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Voltigeur Cottage, Front Street, Hart
- OS grid reference
- NZ 470 350
- Coordinates
- 54.70799, -1.27084
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Voltigeur Cottage is a stable that has been converted into a cottage, dating from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of random limestone rubble, which has been rendered and whitewashed. The cottage features a mid-20th century concrete tiled roof with stone gable coping, and it has a lateral stack on the left and a ridge stack, both of which are rendered.
The building is single storey and has a sash window with glazing bars on either side of an off-centre mid-20th century boarded door. To the left, there is a horizontal sash window. All windows have painted stone lintels and sills. A stained glass window is present at the rear.
This cottage is notable as the birthplace of Voltigeur, a famous racehorse from the 19th century that won the Derby, St. Leger, and Doncaster Cup in 1850. The adjoining cottage on the right and a mid-20th century extension to the left are not of interest. At the time of the survey, the cottage was in a dilapidated condition.
Local climate
Voltigeur Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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