Adam Bede's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Adam Bede's Cottage

WRENN ID
burning-ashlar-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Derbyshire Dales
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1950
Type
Cottage
Address
Adam Bede's Cottage, Derby Road, Wirksworth, DE4 4BG
OS grid reference
SK 284 525
Coordinates
53.06979, -1.57708
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Adam Bede's Cottage is a modest 18th century cottage that has undergone some later alterations and features a modern porch. It is constructed of ashlar and consists of two storeys with a slate roof. The cottage is associated with the author George Eliot and her novel "Adam Bede." It was the home of Elizabeth Evans, who was George Eliot's aunt and served as the inspiration for the character Dinah Morris in the novel.

Local climate

Adam Bede's Cottage receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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