Finlow Hill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. House, farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Finlow Hill Cottage

WRENN ID
seventh-sandstone-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
House, farmhouse
Address
Finlow Hill Cottage, Finlow Hill Lane, Over Alderley, SK10 4UG
OS grid reference
SJ 860 766
Coordinates
53.28659, -2.21047
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Finlow Hill Cottage is a mid- to late 18th-century farmhouse, later used as a house, with 20th-century additions. It is constructed of Flemish bond purple brick, with a Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge, and two brick chimneys. The house has a symmetrical three-bay facade. The end bays each contain a three-light wooden casement window set within a cambered brick head. The central bay projects slightly and is topped by a simple triangular pediment. An added open timber gabled porch stands in front the central entrance, featuring a three-light casement window above and an elliptical light in its pediment. A sympathetic extension is present to the right, alongside a lean-to greenhouse to the left. Finlow Hill Cottage shares a design with Higher House Farmhouse in Over Alderley.

Local climate

Finlow Hill 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2012
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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