Black and White Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1983. Cottages.
Black and White Cottages
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-groin-nightshade
- 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
- Cottages
- Address
- Black and White Cottages, Pulford Approach to Eaton Hall, Poulton and Pulford, CH4 9JH
- OS grid reference
- SJ 406 591
- Coordinates
- 53.12621, -2.88905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Black and White Cottages is a symmetrical pair of cottages built in 1886 by Douglas and Fordham for the 1st Duke of Westminster. They feature an oak frame with plaster panels set on a sandstone plinth, topped with grey slate roofs. The cottages have red brick chimneys with spiral-moulded flues and sandstone caps. They are two storeys high, with a jettied upper storey and a front gable supported by shaped brackets. The exterior includes rectangular panels, some adorned with chevrons and patterned timber decoration. The windows are oak mullioned with patterned leaded glazing, although modern replacement windows are present at the rear. The doors are shaped and boarded, made of oak, and fitted with ornate wrought iron hinges. Inside, there are newel staircases with flat shaped balusters and four-panel doors featuring moulded stiles and rails. The design and detailing of the cottages are reminiscent of an oak-framed farmhouse from around 1600.
Local climate
Black and White Cottages 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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