The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. A C17 Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- tattered-courtyard-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old House, Over Road, Church Minshull, CW5 6EA
- OS grid reference
- SJ 666 606
- Coordinates
- 53.14164, -2.49951
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a cottage from the early 17th century, featuring plastered, brick nogged timber framing and brickwork, topped with a roof of large slates. The building has two storeys and consists of three bays, including an added brick bay on the north side. There is a two-bay brick rear wing on the east, creating a "T" shaped plan. The facade displays small framing timbers, and the original casement windows have been replaced with ones that include glazing bars. The cottage has no front entrance and features gable bargeboards with finials and a central stack. Inside, there are bevelled beams and exposed joists. The building is listed for its group value only.
Local climate
The Old House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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