Minstrel Cottage the George is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1988. Cottage.
Minstrel Cottage the George
- WRENN ID
- sunken-plinth-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Minstrel Cottage the George, 42, Lower Mill Bank Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 035 213
- Coordinates
- 53.6889, -1.94696
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Minstrel Cottage and The George are two houses that were likely originally one, dating from the mid-18th century, with a conversion in the early to mid-19th century into four cottages. The building is constructed of coursed squared stone and has a stone slate roof. It stands two storeys high and features four first-floor windows. The corners of the building have quoins, and the openings have plain stone surrounds. The windows are two-light flat-faced mullion windows. From left to right, the arrangement includes a window, a door, another window, a door, a window, a probable former door, a window (with the mullion removed), and a door. The building has plain gutter brackets and three stacks located at the left ends of the three left-hand cells. At the rear, there are four two-light windows on each floor, although the ground-floor mullions have been removed, and there is an inserted first-floor doorway to No 40.
Local climate
Minstrel Cottage the George sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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