Criftins is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1985. Cottage.
Criftins
- WRENN ID
- bitter-porch-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Criftins, Upton Magna
- OS grid reference
- SJ 550 136
- Coordinates
- 52.71886, -2.66642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Criftins is a pair of cottages dating from the 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the late 19th century. The cottages are timber framed with partly-painted brick nogging, and they have partly-painted brick additions and a partial refacing to the north. The roof is thatched but covered with corrugated iron. The structure consists of two framed bays with an addition to the west and is one storey high with an attic.
On the south side, there is a 19th-century gabled eaves dormer featuring a two-light casement window, and the stacks are truncated below the ridge. The framing includes square panels, with two extending from the sole-plate to the wall-plate, and short straight corner braces. The south front has a window opening to the left, with door openings off-centre to the left and right, while the frame is missing in the centre. The right-hand gable end reveals an exposed collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts.
Inside, the cottages feature purlins and windbraces, a timber-framed square-panelled partition wall, chamfered beams with plain stops, plain joists, two newel staircases, and two integral brick stacks with an open fireplace.
Local climate
Criftins 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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