Fir Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1950. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.

Fir Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Derbyshire Dales
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1950
Type
Cottage
Address
Fir Tree Cottage, Chesterfield Road, Darley Dale, DE4 2FN
OS grid reference
SK 281 630
Coordinates
53.16377, -1.57997
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Fir Tree Cottage, dated 1633, is a two-storey building constructed from coursed stone rubble. The cottage has one defaced mullioned window on the upper floor and a former mullioned window on the ground floor that has been replaced by a modern window. It features a chamfered square-headed doorway, which is decorated with a trowel and rosettes, along with the date 1633 and the inscription "Remember Thy God." The ends of the cottage are gabled, and it is covered with old stone tiles. The original garden wall, which included a four-centred archway, has been replaced by a garage.

Local climate

Fir Tree Cottage receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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