Big Tree Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Cottages.
Big Tree Cottages
- WRENN ID
- gentle-barrel-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West MP: Mr Connor Rand (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Big Tree Cottages, 1, 3 and 4, Woodhouse Lane, Dunham Massey
- OS grid reference
- SJ 739 875
- Coordinates
- 53.38448, -2.39293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Big Tree Cottages is a row of three cottages built in the early 19th century. They are constructed of Flemish bond brick and have a slate roof. Originally, there may have been four cottages, but now there are three. Cottages 3 and 4 are double-depth and one bay wide, while Cottage 1 is entered through the gable, is double-depth, and two rooms wide. The four-bay elevation features a door on the left in the first and second bays, which has cambered brick arches and heavy frames. Each bay has a three-light casement window on each floor with stone sills, cambered brick arches, and glazing bars. There are four ridge chimney stacks that date from the late 19th century. The cottages are included for their group value.
Local climate
Big Tree Cottages sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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