Nos. 1 (Formerly Evelyn Cottage) and 2 Church Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1983. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

Nos. 1 (Formerly Evelyn Cottage) and 2 Church Lane

WRENN ID
lost-string-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Nos. 1 (Formerly Evelyn Cottage) and 2 Church Lane, Aldford and Saighton
OS grid reference
SJ 421 593
Coordinates
53.12859, -2.86597
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 1 (formerly Evelyn Cottage) and 2 Church Lane are a pair of cottages built in 1893 for the 1st Duke of Westminster, likely designed by Douglas and Fordham. They are constructed of red brick, with the upper storey featuring a blue diaper pattern, and have a grey-green slate roof with two shaped chimneys at the gables. This asymmetrical Jacobethan pair consists of 1½ storeys and one window each, serving as a terminal feature at the east end of Church Lane. The left cottage has a large front gable with shaped ends to the purlins and wallplates, while the right cottage features a corbelled, shaped gable to a half-dormer. The windows are iron casements (with leaded glazing removed) set in mullioned windows made of moulded brick, with camber arches between the mullions. The doors are located in the end walls.

Local climate

Nos. 1 (Formerly Evelyn Cottage) and 2 Church Lane receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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