Brassey's Contract Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1983. Cottage.

Brassey's Contract Cottage

WRENN ID
final-vestry-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 August 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Brassey's Contract Cottage, Brassey's Contract Road, No Man's Heath and District
OS grid reference
SJ 486 504
Coordinates
53.04841, -2.76758
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brassey's Contract Cottage is a mid 17th century cottage that has undergone alterations and additions. It features a timber frame with some painted brick nogging and has a roof made of corrugated iron sheeting over thatch. The building stands on a stone plinth in part and is 1½ storeys high with a 2-cell plan. There is a projecting brick stack on the right-hand gable, while the left gable has an internal brick stack. The cottage has timber casements, gable end attic windows, and a boarded door.

Local climate

Brassey's Contract Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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