The 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.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-string-dale
- 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
- The Cottage, Midthorpe Lane, West Ashby, LN9 5PU
- OS grid reference
- TF 265 725
- Coordinates
- 53.23487, -0.10588
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A cottage dating from the mid-18th century, with later alterations in the late 19th century and the 20th century. The structure is built with a timber frame and mud, later rendered in colourwashed brick. The roofs are thatched and covered with corrugated iron, featuring weatherboarded overhanging eaves and a single projecting gable stack. The cottage is arranged in an L-shape. The east front, which has three bays, was refronted in brick. It has a doorway on the left, with a partially glazed door, flanked by two two-light sliding sash windows. The south front displays a gable end to the left, constructed with a timber frame and mud, with a brick plinth and stack. This stack is flanked by two small, fixed windows. Two two-light sliding sash windows are situated to the right. This building possesses group value.
Local climate
The 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 15 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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