Den Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1986. Cottages.

Den Cottages

WRENN ID
strange-corbel-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newark and Sherwood
Constituency
Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 May 1986
Type
Cottages
Address
Den Cottages, 1 and 2 Den Cottages, Main Street, Epperstone
OS grid reference
SK 652 484
Coordinates
53.0292, -1.02853
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Den Cottages are two cottages, formerly three, dating from the early 18th century. They are constructed of red brick, set on a rubble plinth in some areas, and feature a plain tile roof. The building has two gable and one ridge red brick stacks, with brick coped gables that include kneelers. The eaves are raised and decorated with dentil and dogtooth detailing.

The cottages are two storeys high, plus an attic, and consist of five bays. On the ground floor, from left to right, there is a single tripartite casement window, a doorway with a six-fielded panel door, another single casement window, a doorway with a similar door and overlight, and a final single casement window. The first floor has three similar casement windows. Above the right doorway, there is a small two-light casement window, with all openings set under segmental arches.

In the attic, there is a single brick and plain tile gabled dormer with a single casement window. To the left, set back, is a single storey plus garret red brick and pantile wing with two bays, featuring a single red brick stack at the rear and dentil eaves. The wing has a doorway with a plank door and a single tripartite glazing bar Yorkshire sash window to the left, both under segmental arches.

Local climate

Den Cottages 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 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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