Island Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1985. A Late C17 Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Island Cottage
- WRENN ID
- outer-shingle-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lindsey
- Constituency
- Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Island Cottage, Back Lane, Searby Cum Owmby, DN38 6BH
- OS grid reference
- TA 071 058
- Coordinates
- 53.53839, -0.38456
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Island Cottage is a pair of cottages, originally one dwelling, dating to the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The exterior is rendered brick, featuring raised brick coped gables with kneelers, concrete interlocking tiles, an axial ridge stack, and one gable stack. The two-storey, four-bay front has a dentillated eaves course. An off-centre plank door is flanked to the left by a 3-light casement window and to the right by two similar windows, each with segmental heads. Three similar windows are located on the first floor, each with timber lintels. Inside, the building retains simply splayed ceiling girders characteristic of the late 17th century; the original structure was likely timber framed with a baffle entry.
Local climate
Island Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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