The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1993. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lunar-step-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1993
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, Bromfield, SY8 2JJ
- OS grid reference
- SO 478 751
- Coordinates
- 52.37153, -2.76789
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that was extended in the mid-19th century. It features a timber-frame and plaster construction, with some brick infill, and has a plain tile roof. The base of the rubble stack has a tablet inscribed with "ECM 1687," and there are composite brick chimneys. The building has a T-shaped plan, with gable wings added in the 19th century. It is a single storey with an attic and has scattered windows, which include cast-iron lattice glazed lights and casements, all under simple hoods. There are gable dormers and spike finials on the gables. The south side has a plank door beneath a simple porch hood, which also features a spike finial.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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