Elm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Derby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1977. Cottage.
Elm Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sacred-clay-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derby
- Constituency
- Derby South MP: Baggy Shanker (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1977
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Elm Cottage, Elvaston Lane, City of Derby
- OS grid reference
- SK 391 331
- Coordinates
- 52.89467, -1.41899
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Elm Cottage is a late 16th century or early 17th century cottage that has undergone significant alterations. It is constructed of painted brick and stands two storeys high. The cottage features one casement window with a horizontal sliding sash and a plain doorway. The roof is thatched, and there is a small one-storey lean-to bay at the rear, both of which are covered with corrugated asbestos. To the right side, there is a plain 19th century two-storey addition that has one plain casement window and a tiled roof. Elm Cottage is part of a group that includes Nos 1, 3 and Church Farmhouse on Church Street in Alvaston.
Local climate
Elm Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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