Silksworth Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1978. House. 5 related planning applications.
Silksworth Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dim-bracket-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South MP: Bridget Phillipson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- Silksworth Cottage, Warden Law Lane, SR3 2PD
- OS grid reference
- NZ 374 528
- Coordinates
- 54.86935, -1.4178
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Silksworth Cottage is likely from the late 18th century. It is built of rubble stone with large quoins and ashlar dressings, and has a Welsh slate roof. The two-storey house has five windows. A half-glazed door is located in the fourth bay, sheltered by a small stone pedimented hood supported by brackets. The ground floor windows have plain stone surrounds, while the first floor has sash windows. The roof features corniced brick chimneys at each end.
Local climate
Silksworth Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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