Stock Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1964. House. 2 related planning applications.
Stock Cottage
- WRENN ID
- unlit-tower-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1964
- Type
- House
- Address
- Stock Cottage, School Lane, Downholland, L39 7JG
- OS grid reference
- SD 358 081
- Coordinates
- 53.56577, -2.96937
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stock Cottage is a house, likely dating from the late 17th century, and altered since. It is constructed from painted brick and stone rubble, with a thatched roof. The house is one storey high with an attic. The main section of the house comprises two bays, separated by a stone buttress. The windows have simple surrounds. Eyebrow dormers illuminate the attic space. The front door, located on the left side, also has plain reveals. A small window above the door, set under the eaves, has rectangular leaded glazing, with the lead strips forming Gothic tracery at the top. To the left of the main house is a former farm building, now incorporated into the dwelling. The lower portion is made of painted stone, while the upper portion is rendered. A buttress is present on the left side of this extension, followed by a window with simple surrounds and external stone steps leading to a first-floor doorway. A chimney is situated to the left of the main doorway. The interior was inaccessible during a survey in April 1987, but records suggest it contains chamfered beams, two inglenook fireplaces, and boarded doors.
Local climate
Stock Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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