The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1988. Cottage.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
still-gallery-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Boston
Constituency
Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 April 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
The Cottage, Meeres Lane, Kirton
OS grid reference
TF 299 379
Coordinates
52.92298, -0.06875
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a cottage built in the late 18th century, with alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of red brick in English garden wall bond of three, topped with a pantile roof. The gables are brick coped, and there are two gable brick stacks, one of which was rebuilt in the 20th century. The building is single storey plus attics and features a three-bay front with a central door from the 20th century, flanked by two plain sash windows from the 19th century. All openings have segmental brick heads. The roof includes three segmental-headed dormers with casement windows, which have leaded cheeks and roofs.

Local climate

The Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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