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
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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