Rock Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1986. A C19 Toll house.
Rock Cottage
- WRENN ID
- deep-pinnacle-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1986
- Type
- Toll house
- Address
- Rock Cottage, Aymestrey
- OS grid reference
- SO 423 635
- Coordinates
- 52.26727, -2.84692
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rock Cottage is a toll house built in the early 19th century and extended in the mid-20th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble and features a hipped slate roof. The building has a rectangular plan with a central stack and a canted bay that projects towards the road. It is a single-storey structure with windows on each canted side of the bay and one to the left of the bay. These windows have brick dressings, two-centred heads, and 2-light casements, each with a pointed head. The entrance is located at the front of the bay and includes a gabled wooden porch and a ledged and boarded door.
Local climate
Rock Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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