King's Cottage, Chaplains House, School House and Oak Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1959. Cottage.

King's Cottage, Chaplains House, School House and Oak Lodge

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 March 1959
Type
Cottage
Address
King's Cottage, Chaplains House, School House and Oak Lodge, Aston by Budworth
OS grid reference
SJ 681 808
Coordinates
53.32353, -2.47929
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

King's Cottage, Chaplains House, School House, and Oak Lodge is a row of four cottages that were originally late 18th century shippons, converted into cottages in the mid 19th century. They are built from red English garden wall bond brick and topped with a slate roof. The cottages are separated by prominent transverse walls that feature large ridge stacks.

The three cottages on the left consist of three bays each. They have a symmetrical design with a central doorway flanked by three-light casement windows on both the ground and first floors. The right-hand cottage has one three-light casement window and an offset chimney stack with two flues. Its gable end features a four-light oriel window on the ground floor, with two two-light casements above. There is a 19th-century wing to the right that is slightly recessed, with a front door and a one-light casement window above a two-flue chimney stack to its right. Additionally, there is a one-storey connecting wing to the two-storey cottage, constructed of brick with recessed panels of rendered infill.

The conversion of these cottages from a shippon in the 19th century is believed to have been carried out by William White, who is also credited with designing the Chaplain's Cottage at Arley Green, which displayed similar window styles. The tall, boldly moulded chimney stacks are characteristic of his architectural style.

Local climate

King's Cottage, Chaplains House, School House and Oak Lodge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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