Beech Cottage Fern Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1975. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Beech Cottage Fern Cottage
- WRENN ID
- nether-turret-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Beech Cottage Fern Cottage, Altrincham Road, Styal, SK9 4JE
- OS grid reference
- SJ 835 836
- Coordinates
- 53.34923, -2.24911
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beech Cottage and Fern Cottage are a pair of cottages dating from the mid-to-late 19th century, with some 20th-century additions. They are constructed of English bond yellow brick with a red tile roof, including fishscale bands. Two brick chimneys are present, each with three tall diamond-shaped stacks. The cottages are arranged in an H-plan with a symmetrical four-bay front. The end bays project forward under gabled roofs, which feature pierced barge boards and two bands of blue brick diapering. They have five-light wood mullioned windows with moulded flat hoods and applied lead glazing. Similar windows are found in the central bays, with three-light, timber-framed gabled dormers above. Doorways are located within lean-to porches at either end. The cottages are listed for group value only.
Local climate
Beech Cottage Fern Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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 — 7 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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