The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. House.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- bitter-pilaster-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stockport
- Constituency
- Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, 12, Barlow Fold
- OS grid reference
- SJ 948 912
- Coordinates
- 53.41784, -2.07874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a house dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of rendered brick and features a graduated stone slate and slate roof, along with brick chimney stacks. The building has three bays and two storeys, with the right bay being double-depth while the others are single-depth.
The entrance is through a battened door set in a heavy timber frame located in the second bay, accompanied by a three-light window to the right and two two-light windows to the left. On the first floor, there are two three-light windows and one one-light window. All windows are fitted with stone sills, timber mullions, and casement windows that include glazing bars. Each gable is attached to another house and features a chimney stack. The rear of the building has similar window arrangements.
Local climate
The Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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