Rectory Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Rectory Cottage
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-grate-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rectory Cottage, Brimfield, SY8 4NX
- OS grid reference
- SO 528 671
- Coordinates
- 52.30038, -2.69346
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rectory Cottage is a house dating to the 17th century, restored in the 1980s. It is a timber-frame building with rendered infill panels set on a rendered plinth, and has a tile roof. The house has two framed bays aligned east to west, with an external gable-end stack to the west. It is a single storey building with a gable-lit attic. There are two two-light casement windows, and the entrance, situated to the right of centre, has a 20th-century half-glazed door. The timber framing is arranged in three square panels high. The gable-end truss features two struts to the collar, with V-struts in the apex.
Local climate
Rectory Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- 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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