Moss Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1976. A Post-Medieval Cottage. 11 related planning applications.
Moss Cottage
- WRENN ID
- broken-chalk-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West MP: Mr Connor Rand (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Moss Cottage, South Downs Road, WA14 3DR
- OS grid reference
- SJ 766 864
- Coordinates
- 53.37431, -2.35258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moss Cottage is a cottage dating back to approximately the 17th century, with some elements from the 18th century. It features "RL 1666 HL" inscribed on the dormer window, likely referencing Robert and Helen Lewis. The construction incorporates whitewashed brick, timber framing, and a thatched roof. The cottage consists of two units, one storey in height with an attic, and a parallel range added to the rear around 1960. The front features a door to the right unit, flanked by 20th-century two-light casement windows. A former door has been blocked on the left side. A pitched dormer window above has four lights and an inscribed tie beam. The cottage features gable ridge stacks and exposed framing on the right gable. The interior reveals exposed timber-framed internal walls, chamfered beams, and roof members. The cottage was originally built for farm labourers associated with Moss Farm.
Local climate
Moss Cottage 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 11 applications
- 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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