The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1967. House. 1 related planning application.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- turning-rood-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Main Street, Bosbury, HR8 1PX
- OS grid reference
- SO 695 433
- Coordinates
- 52.08794, -2.44619
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a house dating from the 18th century, constructed of brick with a slate roof. It has a single-depth layout with a central entrance that faces north and features a left end axial stack. The building stands two storeys high and has a string course. It includes three windows with flat gauged brick arches; there are 2-light cross-casements flanking a central blocked opening, an enlarged 3-light window to the left, and similar 2-light windows to the right of the doorway. The doorway is adorned with a moulded architrave, a plain overlight, and a six-panelled door. The Cottage is part of a pair with Bosbury Press located to the left.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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