Gamekeepers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.

Gamekeepers Cottage

WRENN ID
blind-attic-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1986
Type
House
Address
Gamekeepers Cottage, Horsley Lane, Beeston, CW6 9TP
OS grid reference
SJ 530 582
Coordinates
53.11953, -2.70296
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gamekeepers Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century. It is timber framed with whitewashed brick infill and a plain tile roof. The house has two storeys. The front of the house has a stone plinth and twelve bays of timber framing, some uneven, with angle and tension braces. A door is located to the right of the centre, with a three-light casement window to the right and a two-light window to the left, both with diamond lattice glazing. Two two-light gabled dormer casement windows light the first floor. A central ridge stack is present. The left-hand gable end is constructed of brick. The right-hand gable end features five bays of timber framing with angle braces, uprights, and a V-strut to the gable.

Local climate

Gamekeepers Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 2004
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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