Marples' Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Marples' Cottages
- WRENN ID
- noble-threshold-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Marples' Cottages, 2 and 3, the Green, Dunham-On-Trent, NG22 0TU
- OS grid reference
- SK 814 742
- Coordinates
- 53.25944, -0.78074
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two cottages, built in the early and mid-18th century. They are constructed of red brick, with pantile roofs. The right-hand cottage has a rendered gable with kneelers and a raised eaves band with dentil detailing below. The left-hand cottage has a raised eaves band. The left-hand cottage is lower in height and has three bays, while the right-hand cottage has two bays and a first-floor band. The left-hand cottage has a single large Yorkshire sash window with glazing bars, and to the right, a doorway with a wooden door, both set within segmental arches. Further to the right is an archway leading to a through passage. Above the ground floor is another large Yorkshire sash window with glazing bars. The right-hand cottage mirrors this layout, with a single Yorkshire sash window and a doorway with a wooden door, finished with a Yorkshire sash window above. The left-hand cottage has a single rendered external stack on its right gable, while the left-hand cottage has a red brick ridge stack which marks its eastern extent.
Local climate
Marples' Cottages sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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 — 5 transactions since 1999
- 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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