Swiss Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1972. House. 2 related planning applications.
Swiss Cottages
- WRENN ID
- gentle-wattle-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- Swiss Cottages, 38 and 40, Matlock Green, Matlock Town
- OS grid reference
- SK 303 597
- Coordinates
- 53.13411, -1.54717
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a symmetrical pair of two-storeyed stone houses, built around 1850 by Joseph Paxton. The houses feature a central gable with a window containing three arched lights in a plain surround. Open porches are positioned on each side, featuring rusticated openings with semi-circular heads and keyblocks on both the front and returned sides. Recessed wings flank the sides, each with a window featuring a plain dog-eared lintel above a semi-circular headed window with a wheel fanlight. False quoins are present on the sides, and the buildings have bold open eaves and gable verges, topped with a low-pitch slate roof. The Swiss Cottages, together with a footbridge to the north and Bridge House, form a group of buildings with group value.
Local climate
Swiss Cottages receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2005
- 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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