The Willows is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Willows
- WRENN ID
- rough-chamber-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Willows, Plant Lane, Moston, CW11 3QD
- OS grid reference
- SJ 725 616
- Coordinates
- 53.15147, -2.41152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willows is an early 17th-century cottage, subsequently altered, located on Plant Lane in Moston. The cottage originally comprised three rooms and has one and a half storeys. It is constructed of oak framing, both large and small, set upon a brick and stone plinth. The roof is covered with cement tiles, originally thatched. Parts of the external walls have been rebuilt in brick, with the central part of the eaves raised approximately 0.6 metres to allow for greater headroom. The front door and some of the casement windows have been replaced. The building features flush gable chimneys, and formerly had a ridge chimney, of which only the stack remains.
Inside, the cottage retains chamfered oak beams and oak wall framing. The right-hand room contains an inglenook fireplace with a shaped oak bressumer and two stopped ovolo beams. The roof structure includes oak purlins with diagonal braces and common rafters.
Local climate
The Willows receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 2002
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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