Cornerstones is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Cornerstones
- WRENN ID
- lesser-tower-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cornerstones, Tickencote, PE9 4AE
- OS grid reference
- SK 990 094
- Coordinates
- 52.67405, -0.53623
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cornerstones is an 18th-century cottage that was extended by one bay to the north in the 19th century. It is built of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and features a Collyweston stone slate roof. The cottage has a stone ridge stack at the end of the 18th-century part and a slightly projecting stack at the north end. It stands two storeys high and has a two-window range. The entrance is located on the south side and features a 19th-century boarded door. The windows are two-light casements with glazing bars and cills, and all openings have lintels with flush keystones.
Local climate
Cornerstones sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- 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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