Henmore Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North East Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1984. Cottage.

Henmore Cottage

WRENN ID
silver-wall-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North East Derbyshire
Constituency
North East Derbyshire MP: Louise Sandher-Jones (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 August 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Henmore Cottage, Holmgate Road, Clay Cross
OS grid reference
SK 380 637
Coordinates
53.16946, -1.43264
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Henmore Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with coursed squared rock-faced gritstone at the rear. The building features gritstone dressings and large quoins on the west side. The roof at the rear is slate, while the front has a 20th-century concrete tile roof. There are brick gable end stacks. The cottage has two bays and two storeys, with a double pile plan and a significantly taller rear section from the 19th century.

On the south elevation, there is a central stone porch with painted bargeboards and a flush doorcase that contains a 20th-century door. To the east, there is a sliding sash window, and to the west, a similar window. Above the east window, there is a recessed and chamfered 2-light mullion window with a small pane sash. The west side features a flush window with a chamfered mullion. The east gable wall has a recessed and chamfered mullion window in the gable. At the rear, there is a large 19th-century extension with glazing bar sashes.

Local climate

Henmore Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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