Roughton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage.

Roughton Cottage

WRENN ID
unlit-joist-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Roughton Cottage, Worfield
OS grid reference
SO 757 942
Coordinates
52.54545, -2.35872
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Roughton Cottage is a 17th century timber-framed cottage built on a sandstone plinth, with brick infill panels. It features a plain tile roof with gabled ends and is one storey high with an attic, presenting a two-window range. The cottage has 19th century two-light casements with glazing bars and two plank doors. A large external chimney stack made of sandstone and brick is located at the northeast end and includes a bread oven, while there are internal stacks at the southwest end. An attic window is positioned in the gable end, facing away from the road. Inside, there is a moulded fireplace and a bressumer.

Local climate

Roughton 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 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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