The Old Wheatsheaf and Drayman's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1978. House, cottage. 1 related planning application.

The Old Wheatsheaf and Drayman's Cottage

WRENN ID
sacred-eave-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newark and Sherwood
Constituency
Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 1978
Type
House, cottage
Address
The Old Wheatsheaf and Drayman's Cottage, Main Street, Farnsfield, NG22 8EA
OS grid reference
SK 648 565
Coordinates
53.10229, -1.03233
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Wheatsheaf and Drayman's Cottage is a house and cottage that was formerly a public house, dating from the mid-18th century. The building is rendered over red brick and features a plain tile roof leading to pantiles. It has two gable and one ridge red brick stacks, with raised brick coped gables that include kneelers. The eaves are decorated with dentil and dogtooth detailing, and the structure is set on a plinth.

The building is two and a half storeys high and consists of five bays. There are first and second floor bands on the right three bays. The main entrance is accessed by four steps leading up to a 20th-century door with an overlight. On either side of the doorway are single glazing bar sash windows; to the left, there is a blocked opening, and on the far left, a single similar sash window set slightly higher. Above the entrance are three similar sash windows, with a smaller sash window on the far left, also set slightly higher. The upper section features three small glazing bar casements. All ground and first floor openings, along with the blocked opening, are set under segmental arches. At the rear, there is a lean-to extension.

Local climate

The Old Wheatsheaf and Drayman's Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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