Swiss Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1974. A Post-Medieval Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Swiss Cottage

WRENN ID
western-lantern-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Derbyshire Dales
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1974
Type
Cottage
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
Swiss Cottage, 35, St John's Street, Ashbourne, DE6 1GP
OS grid reference
SK 181 467
Coordinates
53.01803, -1.73119
Source
Historic England listing

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

Description

Swiss Cottage is a 17th century timber-framed cottage located on St John's Street. While some of the timber framing is exposed inside, the facade is covered in 19th century stucco and features a slate roof. The building has two storeys and two windows, along with a reproduction bow-windowed shop front. Inside, there are some 17th century paneling and remnants of a staircase from the same period. Swiss Cottage is part of a group that includes No 29 and Nos 33 to 37 (odd).

Local climate

Swiss Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2021
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 33, St John's Street Grade II 8 m
  2. 52, St John's Street Grade II 17 m
  3. 29, St John's Street Grade II 20 m
  4. 54, St John's Street Grade II 29 m
  5. 50, St John's Street Grade II 32 m
  6. 56, St Johns Street Grade II 35 m
  7. 45, St John's Street Grade II 38 m
  8. 42 and 44 St John Street Grade II 42 m
  9. 12, Market Place Grade II 48 m
  10. 47 and 49, St John's Street Grade II 51 m