Alport Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1952. Dwelling.

Alport Cottage

WRENN ID
idle-granite-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1952
Type
Dwelling
Address
Alport Cottage, High Street, Malpas, SY14 8PR
OS grid reference
SJ 486 474
Coordinates
53.02171, -2.7668
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Alport Cottage is a former infants' school that has been converted into a dwelling. It forms the north wing of Alport's School, which is a symmetrical building alongside The Old School House and Alport House, built in 1833. The cottage is constructed of red-brown brick and topped with a grey slate roof. It stands two storeys high and features two bays. The front is designed to match Alport House, although the brick is a deeper red and the parapet base is slightly lower. Above the door, there is a stone plaque inscribed with "MALPAS OLD INFANT SCHOOL ERECTED AD MDCCCXXXIII." The building has a ridge chimney and a chimney on the rear gable. The open north side includes two casement windows set under cambered arches. The stone-coped rear gable has dentilled verges and a blank camber-arched recess. The interior has not been inspected. Alport Cottage, along with The Old School House and Alport House, represents an unusual and attractive example of a school built and extended in a unified style between 1745 and 1833.

Local climate

Alport 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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