The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1985. Cottage.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
fading-gallery-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
The Cottage, Coppice Lane, Brereton
OS grid reference
SJ 784 629
Coordinates
53.16301, -2.32446
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a cottage that likely dates from the late 17th century and has been altered over time. It features a brick-nogged oak small frame with diagonal braces, although some parts have been replaced with brick. The roof is made of clay tiles and was formerly thatched. The building has one storey plus attic bedrooms and includes two windows. There is a boarded door on the south side and another door in the east gable end, which is in a wall that has been replaced with brick. The windows are small-pane wood casements typical of the 19th century vernacular style. A ridge chimney made of brick is present.

Inside, there is an oak-framed partition in the west room, with surviving posts and beams. The stair opposite the chimney stack has been replaced. The east room is divided into a kitchen and bathroom. The west bedroom features broad oak floorboards, while the east bedroom has had its boards replaced with softwood. The roof includes oak purlins with diagonal windbraces, although the rafters have largely been replaced.

Local climate

The Cottage 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 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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