Walnut Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1972. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

Walnut Cottage

WRENN ID
final-storey-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1972
Type
Cottage
Address
Walnut Cottage, Upton Magna, SY4 4TZ
OS grid reference
SJ 553 125
Coordinates
52.7087, -2.66183
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Walnut Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that has undergone 20th-century alterations. It features a timber frame with rendered brick and block nogging, topped by a thatched roof. The cottage has a baffle-entry plan consisting of three framed bays and is one storey high with an attic. There is a brick ridge stack located above the door, which is positioned to the left of the center. To the right, there are two gabled eaves dormers that contain 20th-century two-light diamond-leaded casements. The framing includes square panels, with two extending from the sole-plate to the wall-plate, and short straight corner braces. The front of the cottage has three windows fitted with 20th-century diamond-leaded casements. Between the first and second windows from the left, there is a 20th-century boarded door that is sheltered by a thatched porch. To the right, there is a 20th-century lean-to addition featuring a three-light casement window and a plain tile roof. The left-hand gable end reveals an exposed collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts and V-struts. Inside, the cottage has chamfered beams and an open fireplace.

Local climate

Walnut Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • 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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