5 and 6, Darby Road is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
5 and 6, Darby Road
- WRENN ID
- eternal-spire-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- Telford MP: Shaun Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 5 and 6, Darby Road, the Gorge, TF8 7EL
- OS grid reference
- SJ 666 047
- Coordinates
- 52.63974, -2.49381
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of cottages on Darby Road, Coalbrookdale, dating from around the late 18th century. They are built of painted brick with a plain tile roof and gabled ends. A brick dentil eaves course runs along the top of the building. The cottages have two storeys and a three-window front. The windows are two-light casements, with small brackets supporting brick sills. Ground floor windows and doorways are topped with segmental arches, each featuring a keyblock. Number 6 has a modern glazed porch. Brick end and ridge stacks are present. There is an outhut at the rear with a catslide roof. The cottages are listed for their group value.
Local climate
5 and 6, Darby Road receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 4 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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