The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1951. House. 1 related planning application.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bury
Constituency
Bury North MP: Mr James Frith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1951
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, 5, the Starkies, BL9 9QR
OS grid reference
SD 804 092
Coordinates
53.57954, -2.29647
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century cottage, altered in later centuries. It is built of red brick with a stone footing, and extends over three storeys. It has three circular windows on each floor, except for the top floor, which has only two. There are also two blocked rectangular windows on the ground and first floors. A paired doorway is located on the left side, set within a stone surround with bevelled jambs and Tudor heads inscribed "H/JE" and "1717". A small window is positioned to the right of the doorway on each floor. A later 19th or 20th-century door, with a pentice hood, is situated towards the right side of the building. A 20th-century buttress is located near the centre of the cottage. The roof is covered with stone slabs. The right-hand gable end was rebuilt in the later 20th century, incorporating a likely 18th-century moulded tablet, possibly a sundial. The rear of the cottage has flush sash windows with glazing bars.

Local climate

The Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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 2015
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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