Ford Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Ford Cottage

WRENN ID
brooding-lancet-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Kesteven
Constituency
Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Ford Cottage, High Street, Eagle and Swinethorpe, LN6 9DG
OS grid reference
SK 876 669
Coordinates
53.19272, -0.68951
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ford Cottage is an early 18th century farmhouse located on the east side of High Street in Eagle and Swinethorpe. The building is constructed of brick and features a 20th century tiled ridge roof, with brick coped gables that have kneelers. It is two storeys high and has three bays. The central entrance consists of an oak board door, which is sheltered by a wooden bracketed hood. On either side of the door, there is a single three-light casement window, each set under segmental brick arches. Above, there are two three-light casement windows with flat heads.

Local climate

Ford Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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