Bowling House and attached Garden Walls to South East of Church Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Doncaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 March 1990. Bowling house. 2 related planning applications.
Bowling House and attached Garden Walls to South East of Church Cottage
- WRENN ID
- guardian-shingle-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Doncaster
- Constituency
- Doncaster North MP: Ed Miliband (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 March 1990
- Type
- Bowling house
- Address
- Bowling House and attached Garden Walls to South East of Church Cottage, Main Street, Sprotbrough and Cusworth, DN5 7TT
- OS grid reference
- SE 548 039
- Coordinates
- 53.52957, -1.17375
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bowling House and the attached garden walls date from the 17th century, with additions in 1727 and the late 18th century. The bowling house is constructed of brick and coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and has a small rectangular plan. It is a single storey building with a basement. The south-east front features a basement doorway with a wooden surround. The north-east front has a two-light chamfered mullion window to the basement, and above it is a single window, now blocked, with a moulded ashlar surround. The north-west front also has a single doorway, now blocked, with a moulded ashlar surround. At the time of inspection, the building had no roof.
To the west of the bowling house is a low brick wall measuring 75 metres, topped with stone coping. This wall ramps up to a height of 3 metres towards the north-west. The north-west side of the bowling green has a brick wall with stone coping, also 75 metres long and 3 metres high, featuring a central break with a flight of eight stone steps. This wall extends 90 metres along the north-east side, with a 20 metre section made of coursed rubble.
The south-east wall is thick and low, with broad stone coping. Attached to the south-east are the walls of a rectangular kitchen garden. The north-east side is a brick wall, 75 metres long and 3 metres high, with a small hole where a former conservatory was located. The south-south-east and south-west walls are made of rubble, also standing 3 metres high.
Local climate
Bowling House and attached Garden Walls to South East of Church Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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