Primrose Cottage and Keys Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1954. House. 10 related planning applications.
Primrose Cottage and Keys Cottage
- WRENN ID
- moated-gallery-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- Primrose Cottage and Keys Cottage, 4 and 6, Main Street, Bolton by Bowland, Bolton-By-Bowland, BB7 4NW
- OS grid reference
- SD 784 493
- Coordinates
- 53.93981, -2.32987
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of houses, originally one dwelling, was built in 1716. The houses are constructed of rubble stone with a stone slate roof. They are two storeys high. Keys Cottage (to the left) has one bay and features a four-light mullioned window on each floor. The ground-floor window has an inner cyma moulding and an outer chamfer, while the first-floor window is double-chamfered. A doorway is located to the right. The jamb mouldings form an elaborate shape on the lintel, above which a plaque reads 'YRY IM 1716'. The lintel and plaque are sheltered by a hood. Primrose Cottage, to the right, also has one bay. The ground-floor window has been reconstructed, though the remains of chamfered jambs, a central square mullion, and glazing bars remain. The first floor features a double-chamfered four-light mullioned window. A door with a plain stone surround is on the left, and a chimney is located to the right.
Local climate
Primrose Cottage and Keys Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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 — 6 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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