Spye Cottage and Rook Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Spye Cottage and Rook Cottage

WRENN ID
steep-chamber-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Lindsey
Constituency
Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Spye Cottage and Rook Cottage, Main Street, West Ashby, LN9 5PT
OS grid reference
TF 266 724
Coordinates
53.2337, -0.1047
Source
Historic England listing

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

Description

Spye Cottage and Rook Cottage are two cottages dating from the late 18th century, with some 20th-century alterations. They are constructed with colourwashed render and colourwashed brick that encases mud and stud. The thatched roof is covered in pantiles and features overhanging, boarded eaves. The cottages are single storey with an attic and have a four-bay front. There is a doorway on the right with a wooden lintel and a partially glazed door. Three-light sliding sash windows with wooden lintels flank the doorway, and there is a 20th-century window to the left, also with a wooden lintel. Above, there is a single gabled dormer that has bargeboards, a finial, and a two-light sliding sash window.

Local climate

Spye Cottage and Rook Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 19 transactions since 1995
  • 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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